The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity :
On the 3rd of June, Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) gained its most significant strategic military victory in the southern part of the country which now means that almost two thirds of Libya is under Haftar's LNA control.
This may prove to be a game changer in the six year struggle for power after the US and UK-led attack on Libya in 2011.
The LNA entered the southern town of Waddan in Jufra and overran the area. The nearby town of Sukna was taken by the LNA. Haftar’s forces then captured the strategically important Jufra AFB which will give it air striking coverage of much of western Libya and make a direct route, logistically and tactically, without significant obstacles, for them by road from East to West Libya when the route is reinforced by troops.
This victory could prove to be the most decisive one for the LNA since its creation by Haftar.
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