The name of Saddam Haftar is now as well-known as that of his father, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and the significant role he has acquired in the Libyan political landscape is no longer in doubt. As evidence, the news website Arabic Post reports that Saddam Haftar recently made a discreet regional tour of several Arab capitals to “assess the positions of partners” on the future of eastern Libya, particularly on the internal dynamics within the military institution.
Fifteen years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains divided into two, with a government led by Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah in the west, and in the east, the regime of Marshal Haftar, who has recently expanded his influence in the southern territory.
According to a “high-ranking military source,” this tour, during which Saddam Haftar, now Vice Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) under his father’s command, met with political and security officials involved in the Libyan dossier, was intended to “anticipate possible developments in the Libyan political landscape.”
In the UAE and Jordan
In the United Arab Emirates, the powerful younger son and possible successor of Khalifa Haftar held discussions with.



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