The Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) is a self-proclaimed savior who has been trying to take control over the capital of Tripoli, which has been in the hands of militia and extremist, supported by Turkey and Qatar currently.

The recent attempt to seize control over Tripoli was unsuccessful. But Haftar’s efforts didn’t go waste, as a recent video grab released by LNA shows how the army has set hands of Qatari military equipment and ammunition being passed on the Tripoli side. Libya’s Grand Mufti, Al-Sadiq al-Ghariani, who has been blacklisted as a terrorist has admitted that the supply from Doha was made to support the Muslim Brotherhood, known to be active on the Tripoli side.

Ghariani remains to be a point of controversy for instigating people in Tripoli on one side, and supporting extremist groups, allowing Al-Qaeda Qaeda to break into Libyan cities, in the past on the other side.

Haftar’s irritation has been at its height. Qatar had turned sides some years ago. Like Turkey, it has been now supporting the UN-backed recognized government in Tripoli and would not bat an eyelid to provide them with technical know-how. The reasons, the world knows, is the oil and gas-laden lands of Libya.

Recent reports have also suggested that Qatar has already asked for an embargo for Haftar dominated areas. Consequently, Doha is playing a double game by having supplied Turkish made drones and ammunition to help those in Tripoli, to feel a little more prepared against LNA.

The coalition of forces allied with Libya’s U.N.-backed government of national accord (GNA) had also released a video grab on Facebook, showing how they felt reassured when they have received dozens of Turkish-made BMC Kirpi armored vehicles in Tripoli port. It is an eye-for-an-eye and tooth-for-a-tooth kind of strategy playing with nations like Turkey and Qatar weighting their winning options on the other side.

By U.J.M