Leaked UN report reveals Haftar family is smuggling oil and arms in Libya

Leaked UN report reveals Haftar family is smuggling oil and arms in Libya Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Tue, 03/31/2026 - 15:56 Panel of experts' report seen by MEE says Arkenu, Libya's first privately owned oil company, is 'indirectly controlled' by Saddam Haftar Khalifa Haftar with two of his sons, including Saddam, in a picture published on the Libyan National Army's Facebook page (Facebook) Off A leaked UN panel of experts' report obtained by Middle East Eye has revealed details of the Haftar family’s connections to oil, fuel and arms smuggling networks in eastern Libya . The 288-page report, scheduled to be released on 9 April, links eastern commander Khalifa Haftar and his son Saddam’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) to illicit oil smuggling, capital flight, the management of financial and criminal networks, and the provision of arms to Sudan ’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As previously reported by Middle East Eye and noted by the UN report, Subul al-Salam, a Libyan militia affiliated with Haftar’s forces, has facilitated the supply of weapons and other goods to the RSF, the paramilitary force that is backed by the United Arab Emirates and has been widely accused of genocide in Darfur.