Libyan parliament to allow Generals Haftar and Jeroshi to return to military service

A member within the Libyan House of Representatives revealed the governing body’s decision to allow retired Generals Khalifa Haftar and Saqr Jeroshi to return to military service.

According to statements made by Muftah Quaider to Bawabet Ash-Shams, the Libyan parliament recently passed a decision that would allow 17 retired military personnel, including Haftar and Jeroshi, to return to military service.

Since the ouster of longtime dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has been plagued by political polarization between Nationalist and Islamist forces. This has left the country with two conflicting authorities: first, the parliament in Tobruk and Abdullah Al-Thinni’s government, while the second is the Libyan National Congress.

Islamists in Libya accuse the Tobruk parliament of backing the Al-Karama Operation, an anti-Islamist offensive launched earlier this year by Haftar, from his base in Benghazi in eastern Libya.