# LNA intensified its siege of Derna

Date: 2017

Human Rights Watch reported that the LNA intensified a prolonged siege of Derna in 2017, restricting supplies including food, fuel and cooking gas. The pressure on a city outside [Haftar](/people/khalifa-haftar)'s control illustrated the use of territorial encirclement as an instrument of eastern military consolidation.

## Drivers

- Haftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/haftar-lna-parallel-power

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/14/libya-battle-city-endangers-civilians
- https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/libya

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/lna-derna-siege-tightened-2017