Citing Haftar’s air force chief Saqr al-Jaroushi, the US news outlet said that Haftar’s forces are set to launch “the largest aerial campaign in Libyan history in the coming hours."
As a result, some cities and towns in the west had announced their support to the Libyan government.
Following the ouster of late ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya's government was founded in 2015 under a UN-led political deal.