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Where did Haftar become a prisoner of war?

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  • Syria

  • Chad

  • Iran

Answer

Captured during the Chadian–Libyan conflict, Haftar spent several years as a prisoner of war in Chad. He was released after the intervention of the French government and returned to Libya in the early 1990s. Upon his return, Haftar aligned himself with the Libyan National Army (LNA), a militia group opposed to the government of Muammar Gaddafi.
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