back and give our viewers a little perspective libya was divided after its long time ruler of mama khadafi was overthrown in a civil war in 2011 the year since then have seen those divisions multiply and increasingly draw in a mixed bag of international players the country and its backers are split between 2 rival governments in tripoli the un backed government. and the libyan national army led by general khalifa haftar. strongman general. wants tripoli.

step back and give our viewers a little perspective libya was divided after its long time ruler mama khadafi was overthrown in a civil war in 2011 the year since then have seen those divisions multiply and increasingly draw in a mixed bag of international players the country and its backers are split between 2 rival governments in tripoli the un backed government. and the libyan national army led by general khalifa haftar. strongman general. wants tripoli. together with his libyan national army he hopes to capture the country's capital and take full control of this oil rich nation and it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waited in on opposite sides of this conflict. with turkey behind. his u.n. backed government and russia supporting huffed. moscow has denied reports it sent mercenaries to reinforce the general's fighters but on thursday turkey confirmed it had started deploying troops to help in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. with libya so unstable the fear of a surgeon islamist terror has worried many european countries but other factors mean in the e.u. is split over