Head of the Libyan General Staff Abdul Razek al-Nadori has denied reports that he was promoted to chief-of-staff (Libya’s highest military post), replacing General Khalifa Haftar, who is currently undergoing medical treatment in France.

House of Representatives (HoR) head, Ageela Salah, says he has been in contact with Libyan National Army (LNA) leader, Khalifa Hafter and discussed with him the latest developments. The comments came through the official HoR spokesperson Abdulla Belheeg yesterday.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya appeared to quash rumours about military commander Khalifa Haftar’s death, tweeting late Friday that envoy Ghassan Salame spoke to the self-styled field marshal over the phone.

As Libya’s war economy persists, prospects for the restoration of functioning central governance become more distant, concluded a Chatham House report published today.

Now, as he aims to consolidate and expand his power, he is looking to woo the Trump administration. In December, he hired a firm of Washington lobbyists to burnish his image as a potential future leader of his country, and to counter critics who denounce him as a crude warlord.

A Libyan military spokesman declined on Wednesday to address directly reports that key coalition military commander Khalifa Haftar was in the French capital Paris for medical treatment, Reuters reports.

Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar is in a coma at a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke, according to reports.

The situation in Libya seems irrevocably stalled. The internationally recognized government headed by Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli and the Abdullah al Thinni government in al Beida—supported by the legitimately elected parliament of 2014, now residing in Tobruk—are as distant as ever.

The member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) Nadia Omran said there are legal alternatives that don’t go at odds with the constitutional declaration, pointing out that they will be in use if the House of Representatives (HoR) fails to issue a law for a referendum on the constitution.

News that Moammar Gadhafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, intends to run for president is raising fears and hopes that the old regime could return to power in Libya through the ballot box.