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Libya's powerful ex-minister announces bid for president
Headline from La Crosse Tribune, on the newest of 2 developments
FILE - Fathi Bashagha, then Libya's UN-supported government's interior minister is interviewed, Jan. 6, 2021 in Tripoli Libya. on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Bashagha announced his bid to run for
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Libya Strongman Haftar Announces Run for President
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Libya's powerful ex-minister announces bid for president
The strongman in the east of war-scarred Libya, Khalifa Haftar, said Tuesday he would run for president in a December 24 election that is also set to be contested by a son of former dictator Moamer K…
Khalifa Haftar, a major figure in the Libyan civil war who wields wide sway over the east of the country, announced on Tuesday he will run in a Dec. 24 presidential election that aims to help end a d…
Haftar's announcement comes two days after Seif al-Islam Gadhafi announced his own bid, a decade after his father's death in a 2011 NATO-backed rebellion
Libya's powerful commander, Khalifa Hifter, announced on Tuesday his bid to run in the country's presidential elections next month, submitting his candidacy papers as the long-waited vote faces growing uncertainty.
Libya’s powerful commander, Khalifa Hifter, filed Tuesday as a candidate in the country’s presidential elections next month, as the long-waited vote faces growing uncertainty.
Libya's former eastern-based commander Khalifa Hifter declared his candidacy for the Dec. 24 elections, saying he'll seek to "lead our people in a fateful stage."
Dual US citizen, whose forces are accused of atrocities and who's widely believed to have worked with CIA, is seeking country's highest post to 'lead our people in a fateful stage'
FILE - Fathi Bashagha, then Libya's UN-supported government's interior minister is interviewed, Jan. 6, 2021 in Tripoli Libya. on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Bashagha announced his bid to run for
Bashagha joins a growing list of candidates that so far includes renegade leader Khalifa Hifter, eastern-based parliament speaker Aguila Saleh and the son of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
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