🇱🇾🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️ — Libya's Saddam Haftar is trying to build a network of high-level ties with Israel and the Trump administration as he seeks greater political legitimacy in Libya, according to Il Foglio.

Haftar secretly met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. A former adviser to Khalifa Haftar said Saddam sought Israeli backing for a future Libyan presidential bid.

Haftar is expected to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Washington after previously meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while his advisers are also seeking contacts with U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle. His camp is seeking Guilfoyle’s help in a power struggle over control of Waha Oil and Gas.