Libyan Arab Armed Forces

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The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), also known as the Libyan Arab Army or Libyan National Army (LNA), are the armed forces of the Libyan faction led by Khalifa Haftar. They were, nominally, a unified national force under the command of Haftar when he was nominated to the role on 2 March 2015 by the House of Representatives, consisting at the time of a ground force, an air force and a navy. On 16 May 2014, LNA launched Operation Dignity, a military campaign against the General National Congress (GNC) and armed militias and Islamist militant organizations. When the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) was established in Tripoli, part of the Libyan military forces were named the Libyan Army to contrast with the other part that retained the LNA identity. In the Second Libyan Civil War, the LNA was loyal to the Libyan House of Representatives that met in Tobruk, internationally recognised until the creation of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in October 2015...

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