Hoping for peace, preparing for war: Libya on brink of Tripoli showdown
The movement of forces loyal to rival governments across western Libya throws Tripoli back under the spotlight as the potential focus of the country's next civil conflict
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar (L) and Fayez al-Serraj, leader of the Government of National Accord (AFP)
After taking large areas of southern Libya and two key oil facilities earlier this year, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, operating under Libya's eastern-based government, has pulled his Libyan National Army (LNA) forces back from the south towards western Libya, in a move widely seen as paving the way for an assault on Tripoli.
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