Libya parliament speaker appoints Haftar army chief

‘The Libyan parliament speaker has appointed retired General Khalifa Haftar as the country’s new army chief.

“I’ve chosen Major General Khalifa Belgacem Haftar for the post of commander-in-chief of the army after promoting him to the rank of lieutenant general,” said Aguila Salah, the speaker of Libya’s internationally recognized parliament, on Monday.

Salah added that the general will be sworn in before the parliament in order to officially assume the position of the general commander of Libya’s armed forces.’

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