Ali Kanna

Ali Kanna Sulayman (born 1945) is a Libyan lieutenant general of Tuareg origin. He was the commander of Muammar Gaddafi's southern forces in the First Libyan Civil War. After the end of the Fezzan campaign, he fled to Agadez and helped other Gaddafi loyalists, most notably air force commander Ali Sharif Al-Rifi, escape to Niger.

In 2013, he returned to the Fezzan region of Libya. He was subsequently involved in mediating the Ubari conflict. In 2015, he participated in negotiation in Doha to end the conflict between the Tuareg and the Toubou.

In February 2019, Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, appointed Kanna as commander of the southern (Sabha) military zone.

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