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Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities

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Western Libya’s GNU say working with Saddam Haftar ‘impossible’ as US-backed merger plan breaks down Allegations that the son of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a “terror cell” that launched drone attacks on fuel storage facilities and powe…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:56 UTC.

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