Mr. Hifter, 76, 2020 a former Libyan Army general and one-time C.I.A. asset, has fought for years to try to rule Libya as a new strongman and he launched his assault on Tripoli last spring in a last-d

Mr. Hifter, 76, 2020 a former Libyan Army general and one-time C.I.A. asset, has fought for years to try to rule Libya as a new strongman and he launched his assault on Tripoli last spring in a last-d

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Mr. Hifter, 76, 2020 a former Libyan Army general and one-time C.I.A. asset, has fought for years to try to rule Libya as a new strongman and he launched his assault on Tripoli last spring in a last-ditch, all-or-nothing attempt to fulfill his goal. Instead, his assault transformed what had been a simmering civil conflict among rival Libyan factions into an increasingly open proxy war among rival international powers.

The Russian mercenaries and Emirati air power backing Mr. Hifter had appeared to make his forces almost unstoppable at the start of this year. Then, the intervention of the Turkish military — and its deployment of brigades