{"id":59644,"date":"2026-01-05T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=59644"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:30:34","slug":"cairo-pressures-khalifa-haftar-to-halt-support-for-sudanese-militias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/cairo-pressures-khalifa-haftar-to-halt-support-for-sudanese-militias\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairo Pressures Khalifa Haftar to Halt Support for Sudanese Militias"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Senior Egyptian sources familiar with the Libyan file told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that relations between the Egyptian leadership and eastern Libya\u2019s commander Khalifa Haftar have seen growing strain in recent weeks, against the backdrop of Haftar\u2019s continued support for Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to the sources, Cairo has sent messages to Haftar over the past weeks demanding an end to any form of support or logistical facilitation for the forces of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as \u201cHemedti,\u201d via Libyan territory, stressing that such actions directly threaten Egypt\u2019s national security. The sources added that Haftar has not shown sufficient commitment to these warnings.<\/p>\n

They also noted that Haftar\u2019s visit to Cairo with his sons Khaled and Saddam in early December took place in a tense atmosphere and featured sharp Egyptian criticism of the approach pursued by the eastern Libyan commander\u2014particularly his backing of the RSF and his failure to take earlier Egyptian warnings seriously.<\/p>\n

Talks Between Haftar and Cairo<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sources said the meetings went beyond the exchange of diplomatic messages and included direct discussions about the repercussions of this conduct on the future of relations between Cairo and eastern Libya. During the visit, Haftar was clearly informed of the possibility of a negative shift in relations between Egypt and eastern Libya should he continue to disregard Egyptian concerns and cautions\u2014whether related to the Libyan file, which represents a strategic security depth for Egypt along its western border, or the Sudanese file, which carries no less significance on the southern front.<\/p>\n

According to the sources, Cairo reaffirmed that its approach to both files is based on preventing the emergence of cross-border threat hubs or armed alliances that could undermine regional stability.<\/p>\n

In this context, the sources linked the heightened tension to the recent visit of a high-level Egyptian security delegation to western Libya, led by Major General Khaled Hussein, deputy head of Egypt\u2019s General Intelligence Service, who met with Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Monday. They viewed the visit as one of Cairo\u2019s indirect political pressure tools, aimed at delivering a clear message to Haftar that he is not Egypt\u2019s sole Libyan ally.<\/p>\n

Egyptian Projects in Libya<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sources added that the visit was not limited to political considerations, but also came as part of efforts to follow up on Egyptian projects in western Libya and to reaffirm continued channels of communication with the Tripoli-based government. It also coincided with Hussein\u2019s attempts to bridge the gap between eastern and western Libya, within a broader Egyptian vision focused on preserving Libya\u2019s unity and preventing it from sliding into an open regional conflict.<\/p>\n

The sources concluded that while Cairo remains keen to avoid a complete rupture with eastern Libya, it is now more prepared to deploy its political and security leverage to recalibrate Haftar\u2019s behavior\u2014particularly amid the growing entanglement of the Libyan and Sudanese files and Egypt\u2019s rising concern over southern Libya becoming a platform for supporting armed forces hostile to its interests. In this light, Egypt\u2019s recent moves appear to carry a dual message: a clear warning to Haftar, and a signal that Cairo has multiple alternatives and alliances within the Libyan arena.<\/p>\n

Source: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events \u2013 Agencies Senior Egyptian sources familiar with the Libyan file told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that relations between the Egyptian leadership and eastern Libya\u2019s commander Khalifa Haftar have seen growing strain in recent weeks, against the backdrop of Haftar\u2019s continued support for Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to the sources, Cairo has sent messages …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59644","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\/59644","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=59644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59646,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59644\/revisions\/59646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}