according to the head of the libyan national army the country may not yet be ready for democracy khalifa haftar thinks the u.n. planned elections for this year won't change anything libya is not ready for democracy the upcoming elections in the country must bring a solution to the current bloodshed but if the situation in the chaos continues after the election then we will say enough is enough and take action. general haftar isn't a new political figure in libyan politics at least in one nine hundred sixty nine he helped the country's ousted leader moammar gadhafi to come to power in one thousand nine hundred was exile and spent two decades in the united states in twenty eleven he returned to libya to lead the rebel forces fighting gadhafi is army now khalifa haftar is the head of the libyan national army it's a division that is the controlling force on the ground now of the two rival libyan government's the one based in tal brooke is allied to have to ask its allies rather to have to as forces are like the other based in tripoli is backed by the un it enjoys why there's national support but th

libya it's demanding the arrest of a senior military commander allied to the renegade general khalifa haftar who's also wanted by the international criminal court it's in response to a recent picture on social media showing mahmoud darwish folly executing nine men outside a mosque in benghazi the u.n. says that it has documented at least five cases of our folly carrying out ordering executions in twenty seventeen. the only qualified cattery air force pilots say they're ready to take to the skies without the support of neighboring nations three of those nations the united arab emirates saudi arabia bahrain imposed a blockade on doha in june recent days or tense moments between the u.a.e. over alleged airspace violations in java reports. these planes are on the frontline of a dispute between qatar and its neighbors. only days ago could have complained to the united nations that iraqi military jets had violated its airspace the u.s. plane without providing any proof that one of its passenger planes was intercepted but at the re jets which door denies. these are the first pilots to graduate as o

mosque after prayers the victims were security officers affiliated with libya's renegade general khalifa haftar so far there's been no claim of responsibility. the u.s. justice department has confirmed that turney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia sessions was interviewed for an inquiry led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller it's believed to be the first time a member of president chum's cabinet has been questioned in the choir chum powers described the accusations of collusion as fake news and a witch hunt. from the white house. it certainly is sickness to get of team that's because when it comes to the investigation looking into whether there were ties with the donald trump presidential campaign in russia and whether or not the president tried to obstruct that investigation jeff sessions has unique insights given the fact that on the presidential campaign team he oversaw foreign policy given the fact that he too was very much involved with the firing of the former f.b.i. director james cole me an

and eleven he returned to libya to lead the rebel forces fighting against gadhafi is army now khalifa haftar is the head of the libyan national army . of the two rival libyan governments of the one based into brooke his allies there are two forces the other based in tripoli is backed by the un and enjoys wide international support but the libyan national army led by huffed are now controls more than half of the country's territory and in an exclusive interview told r.t. that libyans won't tolerate any foreign intervention in their country. we conduct business transparently was states to take the initiative fronts did that to help rebuild and establish peace but efficiently took the initiative we would work with them we're not biased you know seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and we look at just solve it we should also be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak and you can slice it peace self yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory would rather die than live in humiliation on our land. we