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Significance
This comes at a time when key southern oilfields are offline after being occupied by protestors and when the UN is leading efforts to reunify the country and facilitate elections.
Impacts
Developments in the south will affect global oil prices as output there is equivalent to a third of the OPEC/non-OPEC production cuts.
If Haftar consolidates control in the south, this may reduce migrant flows via Libya to Europe.
As Haftar clashes with Chadian rebels in southern Libya, he may gain further support from President Idriss Deby.
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