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mo4ch:>Moscow concerned over Haftar’s ‘purge’ plan as UN warns Libya is heading towards civil war | Mo4ch News

A plan by Libyan National Army commander Khalifa Haftar to wipe out “terrorists” has sparked concern in Moscow as it is unclear who is considered a target. It comes as the UN warns that Libya is on the verge of a new civil war.If Haftar genuinely seeks to free Libya from terrorists, he should coordinate his action with the Tripoli-based government of the national accord, not fight it, the head of the Russian contact group on intra-Libyan settlement, Lev Dengov, said, adding that the general’s intentions appear quite obscure so far.Also on rt.comUN envoy warns of ‘long war’ in Libya, calls for steps to cut off arms flows“He [Haftar] presents his action as a mission of a man purging terrorists out of Libya. Unfortunately, we cannot establish whom exactly he calls terrorists,” Dengov told the RIA news agency. “Even if there are any… people or organizations united behind some [extremist] leaders or armed gangs, I cannot see them now.”The Russian Foreign Ministry also expressed “deep conce…