'A big pact': How the US plans to unite Libya through two ruling families

'A big pact': How the US plans to unite Libya through two ruling families Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 21:19 Russia is in retreat and energy prices are skyrocketing. Both developments have energised the US bid to unify Libya without popular consent General Saddam Haftar attends a military parade in Benghazi, Libya, on 13 June 2024 (Media office of Khalifa Haftar/AFP) Off The US is crafting an agreement to unify oil-rich Libya around the country’s two most powerful families, as the US-Israeli war on Iran chokes global energy flows, current and former western officials, Arab sources briefed on the matter, and analysts, told Middle East Eye. The power-sharing agreement seeks to unify Libya through the Dbeibeh family in western Libya and the Haftar family in the east, while replacing each family’s leaders with a new generation.