Libya’s General Haftar is closing in on Tripoli, which in turn is prompting a sudden uptick in Turkish activity on behalf of the Tripoli-based government, and this next phase of war for ultimate control over the country’s oil will be even messier. It’s been a stalemate for some time now, with Haftar consistently pushed back and kept from making any significant gains in breaching the Libyan capital. But the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) is probably fighting a losing battle because the only foreign friend willing to come to its aid militarily is Turkey, while a lineup of external forces (Egypt, UAE, Russia and in a less tangible way, France) are aiding Haftar, who controls the oil, even if he does not control the oil revenues. The forces that do come to the GNA’s support are militias, and that’s where it gets messy. No one outside of Turkey […]