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Significance
The fate of the deeply divisive General Khalifa Haftar is a key -- if not main -- obstacle to the HoR approving the GNA, a step which is essential to efforts to finding a sustainable solution to Libya's almost two-year-old civil war.
Impacts
Several army commanders in east and west Libya distrust Haftar and will not take orders from him.
If he keeps his position, this will hinder efforts to unify Libya's divided armed factions against Islamic State.
If he stays in Libya, Haftar would likely continue to challenge the government, even if the GNA is approved.
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