Libya's parliament heading to Washington
The Muslim Brotherhood played a dubious role in Arab states in the years that followed the Arab Spring. The group had dreams of reaching power in these states, using their deteriorated political and security conditions then.
Although the Brotherhood came short of achieving its goals in most countries, it still hopes to achieve these goals in other countries, including in Libya.
This was why the Libyan House of Deputies (parliament) sent the head of the Defense and National Security Committee Talal Mayhoub to Washington to clarify the facts behind the role of the Brotherhood in Libya to US officials.
Mayhoub said in statements to the US press that his delegation went to Washington to also prepare for a visit Libyan National Army Commander, Khalifa Haftar, is expected to pay to the US capital soon.
He said his delegation had introduced a file containing documents proving the atrocities the Brotherhood had committed in Libya in the past years. He said the Islamist group perpetrated these atrocities in cooperation with both Qatar and Turkey.
The members of the delegation called on the US administration to disengage from the government of Fayez Sarraj which controls Libyan capital Tripoli.
Relations with US
The House of Deputies works to uncover the facts about Sarraj's National Accord Government, which is assisted by a cavalcade of terrorist militias. It is also assisted by some regional states, including Qatar and Turkey.
This is part of efforts made by Libyan institutions to clarify the facts about this government and these militias. These institutions send their representatives to world capitals to do this.
Libya is edges towards a new deal with sponsorship from the international community, according to Walid Phares, a former advisor of US President Donald Trump.
He said the new agreement would make it necessary for the militias to disarm.
Phares noted that President Trump is keen on establishing contact with Haftar because he is aware that the Libyan National Army Commander fights terrorism in his country.
"Trump would not accept the presence of any terrorists in Libya," Phares said.
Controlling the capital
The National Accord government took control of the Libyan capital of Tripoli in January 2016 and was headed by Sarraj. Although there was an initial agreement between him and the actors in the Libyan crisis, he then turned to his personal goals.
Sarraj hammered out an alliance with the terrorist group Brotherhood, in addition to cooperating with all the extremist armed militias on Libyan soil, after he thought they would help him protect his rule.
The head of the House of Deputies, Aqila Saleh, said in an interview with al-Arabiya website that the Brotherhood installed Sarraj as president of the Presidential Council.
"This is why the government always acts at the orders of the group," he said.
He added that the House of Deputies had repeatedly asked Serraj to leave the Brotherhood and the Tripoli militias.
