{"id":14761,"date":"2018-09-12T00:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14761"},"modified":"2018-09-12T00:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:23:27","slug":"libyas-haftar-threatens-to-spread-war-to-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14761","title":{"rendered":"Libya\u2019s Haftar threatens to \u2018spread war\u2019 to Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1370336\/middle-east\" readability=\"60.3277002204\">\n<p>\nDUBAI: The Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar\u00a0threatened to \u201cspread\u201d war to neighbouring Algeria if it continues to conduct regular military incursions in Libyan territory.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a video that circulated on social media, Haftar says that \u201cwar could be spread, in moments, to the Algerian border\u201d and that \u201cLibyan forces are ready to go to war immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added that Algeria \u201cwas exploiting the security situation in Libya\u201d and accused Algeria of sending soldiers to Libya.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Algerian foreign ministry has yet to respond to the commander\u2019s threats, however, an Algerian source told the pan-Arab newspaper\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&#038;q=https:\/\/aawsat.com\/english\/home\/article\/1390876\/anger-algeria-after-threats-libya%25E2%2580%2599s-haftar-%25E2%2580%2598spread-war%25E2%2580%2599-it&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1536746290767000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEy2hZ0z62Xrpf6bOZ8Ytw8FufWyg\" href=\"https:\/\/aawsat.com\/english\/home\/article\/1390876\/anger-algeria-after-threats-libya%E2%80%99s-haftar-%E2%80%98spread-war%E2%80%99-it\" target=\"_blank\">Asharq Al-Awsat<\/a>\u00a0that officials from the ministry held a meeting on Sunday morning to address Haftar\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to the source, views varied on whether a response should be made in order to avert any tensions between the two neighbors given Algeria\u2019s mediation efforts in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, the Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi held talks with Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi on Monday in a bid to strengthen ties.<\/p>\n<p>\nTalks focused on efforts to organise elections in Libya and to relaunch relations with Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Libyan capital has been at the centre of a battle for influence between armed groups since dictator Muammar Qaddafi was driven from power and killed in a 2011 NATO-backed uprising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar\u00a0threatened to \u201cspread\u201d war to neighbouring Algeria if it continues to conduct regular military incursions in Libyan territory. In a video that circulated on social media, Haftar says that \u201cwar could be spread, in moments, to the Algerian border\u201d and that \u201cLibyan forces are ready to go&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}