Southern Libya offensive information

Southern Libya offensive
	Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
	; Map showing the LNA's advances in southern Libya
Date	January – April 2019
Location	Southern Libya, with spillovers into Chad
Result	HoR/LNA victory
Territorial; changes	Libyan National Army captures Sabha, and oilfields around Sabha
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In late January 2019, the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to take control of the city of Sabha and the rest of southern Libya from the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and local factions. Officially, the LNA announced that the reason for the operation was to remove terrorists, Chadian rebel groups, and to secure the border, but it has expanded Haftar's territorial control and acquired him oil fields near Sabha. It has also restarted some interethnic conflicts as the LNA has allied with local Arab tribes, while the Tuareg and Toubou tribal militias are loyal to the GNA.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

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^ Serraj appoints Shareef as new Chief of Staff and Juha as his Assistant. Libya Herald. Published 14 February 2019.
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^ ^a ^b Profazio, Umberto (15 March 2019). Push for southern Libya tests ethnic ties and regional alliances. International Institute for Strategic Studies.
^ "Eastern Libya government delegation visits key southern city of Sabha". Reuters. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Megerisi, Tarek (1 April 2019). While You Weren't Looking, General Haftar Has Been Taking Over Libya. Foreign Policy.
^ Wintour, Patrick (8 February 2019). Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field. The Guardian.

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[6] Serraj appoints Shareef as new Chief of Staff and Juha as his Assistant. Libya Herald. Published 14 February 2019.

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[iiss-10] Profazio, Umberto (15 March 2019). Push for southern Libya tests ethnic ties and regional alliances. International Institute for Strategic Studies.

[11] "Eastern Libya government delegation visits key southern city of Sabha". Reuters. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[12] Megerisi, Tarek (1 April 2019). While You Weren't Looking, General Haftar Has Been Taking Over Libya. Foreign Policy.

[guard-13] Wintour, Patrick (8 February 2019). Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field. The Guardian.

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