Why Did Haftar Turn Libya’s Oil Off?

Libya: Haftar Shifts Strategy from Oil ‘Protector’ Shutting off Libya’s oil was always General Khalifa Haftar’s trump card to play when the time was right. That time is now, with 800,000 bpd in exports officially off the market and the country’s entire 1.2 million bpd in production set to be shuttered in a matter of days. The Government of National Accord (GNA) will be starved to the tune of $77 million a day when that happens. Haftar was not assured of winning a ground-based military battle against the GNA and its…