Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a series on hybrid armed actors in the Middle East. Be sure to read the first and second essays. The concept for the series emerged from a Chatham House project on the same topic. What exactly is Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF)? Is it simply the country’s army — a state force — as its supporters contend? Or is it no more than an alliance of militias or a family enterprise, as its detractors claim? The answers to these questions require understanding the nature of state authority in … Continue reading The Libyan Arab Armed Forces: A Hybrid Armed Actor?
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The Libyan Arab Armed Forces: A Hybrid Armed Actor?
Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a series on hybrid armed actors in the Middle East. Be sure to read the first and second essays. The concept for the series emerged from a Chatham House project on the same topic. What exactly is Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF)? Is it simply the country’s army — a state force — as its supporters contend? Or is it no more than an alliance of militias or a family enterprise, as its detractors claim? The answers to these questions require understanding the nature of state authority in … Continue reading The Libyan Arab Armed Forces: A Hybrid Armed Actor?