{"id":59173,"date":"2025-12-25T19:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=59173"},"modified":"2025-12-25T19:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:01:23","slug":"haftar-the-same-medicine-as-gaddafi-only-from-a-different-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/haftar-the-same-medicine-as-gaddafi-only-from-a-different-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Haftar\u2026 The Same Medicine as Gaddafi, Only from a \u201cDifferent\u201d Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report \u2013 Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the early days of the rebellion in Darfur, southern Libya has remained a persistent security concern. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was the principal backer of the instability that afflicted Sudan\u2014ranging from coups to what were then known as \u201cmercenaries\u201d\u2014during the era of President Jaafar Nimeiri, and later through his support for Darfur rebel movements over several decades. Gaddafi provided these groups with money, weapons, recruitment and training centers, as well as fuel and food supplies.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the media largely failed to hold him accountable or to explain his pivotal role in spreading chaos and weapons across western Sudan. The Bashir government, for its part, dealt with the matter quietly, despite the devastation caused by Gaddafi\u2019s backing of armed militias\u2014Zarqa and Arab groups alike\u2014the incursion of Khalil Ibrahim\u2019s forces into Khartoum, and other events. From Khartoum, Gaddafi was met mostly with silence in the face of what many described as major crimes against Sudan and its people.<\/p>\n

This same approach, the report argues, has been continued by Khalifa Haftar. Since the outbreak of the current war, Haftar has allegedly supported the militia, provided it with safe havens, opened Emirati supply routes, established recruitment camps, and reinforced it with fighters. He is accused of doing everything that threatens Sudan\u2019s security, without facing exposure of this role by a government that speaks primarily about the UAE\u2019s involvement while overlooking what is described as the central role played\u2014and still being played\u2014by Haftar, who is backed by the UAE and controls southern Libya through what he claims is the Libyan National Army.<\/p>\n

A recent Reuters report pointed to Kufra Airport as one of the most important pillars of external support. According to more than a dozen military, intelligence, and diplomatic officials, the airport has served as the main artery for militia supplies. Located about 300 kilometers from the Sudan\u2013Libya border, the airport has played a key role in transporting weapons and vehicles and facilitating the entry of mercenaries into Darfur. Over time, this route reportedly became the primary gateway for Ukrainians and Colombians, as well as Emirati officers. As fighting intensified, the airport and its surroundings evolved into what resembles a logistical base providing support to the militia, and a gathering point for Arab groups from Chad, Niger, the Central African Republic, and southern Libya\u2014including Tebu tribes\u2014where they are trained and then sent to Sudan to fight alongside the Rapid Support Forces militia.<\/p>\n

Retired Major General Salah Mohamed Khaled said that what is happening is well known to Sudan\u2019s sovereign authorities, and that engaging Haftar or others in direct confrontation depends on their strategic calculations. However, he stressed that Haftar has intervened in Sudanese affairs in a blatant manner, providing logistical lines that helped the militia kill Sudanese civilians, seize cities, loot and destroy them, and commit mass atrocities. \u201cHaftar, and behind him the Emirati sponsor, played a major role in these crimes,\u201d he said, adding that Haftar is complicit in the militia\u2019s actions, has committed war crimes, and even assisted the militia in occupying the Tri-Border area\u2014not only with vehicles, but also with warplanes, drones, and troops\u2014\u201cplaying a major role in prolonging the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khaled added that \u201cwhat Haftar is doing is an extension of Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s role, who fueled the conflict in Darfur and provided millions of dollars in supplies to rebel movements, contributing to the killing of Sudanese\u2014exactly as Haftar is doing now.\u201d He questioned why the state does not expose what he described as Haftar\u2019s \u201cdirty roles\u201d in the war, saying these actions are clear and require little effort to document and substantiate. \u201cThe man openly runs camps for Arab groups, trains them, and sends them to fight in Sudan, and he receives all mercenaries coming from Colombia, Ukraine, and elsewhere before dispatching them to Sudan,\u201d he said, concluding that \u201cHaftar\u2019s role is very clear and cannot be denied.\u201d<\/p>\n

Military and security expert Yasser Saad Al-Din echoed this view, saying Haftar\u2019s role is fully known to Sudanese security and military institutions, which are aware in detail of his involvement. He added that Haftar does not actually run Kufra Airport, saying it is now operated by Emiratis who also manage the camps attached to it. \u201cThere was an old camp, and new ones have since been added. There is also a camp in Ajdabiya\u2014all part of a logistical support chain for the militia stretching from Benghazi to Kufra, and then extending to the Tri-Border area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Al-Din noted that while Haftar provides logistical support, transports weapons, and protects some camps, they are entirely under the management of Emirati officers. \u201cIn the end, Haftar is an agent of the Emiratis and operates within their system,\u201d he said. \u201cHe is therefore fully involved in the war and is one of its active players\u2014by providing territory and logistics, and by dealing with tribes in Chad, Niger, and elsewhere to recruit young men and send them to fight in Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Report \u2013 Sudan Events Since the early days of the rebellion in Darfur, southern Libya has remained a persistent security concern. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was the principal backer of the instability that afflicted Sudan\u2014ranging from coups to what were then known as \u201cmercenaries\u201d\u2014during the era of President Jaafar Nimeiri, and later through his …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59178,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59173\/revisions\/59178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}