 Now forces learned to Libya's eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar have closed the border with Algeria after major deployments of his forces to the south, underscored his continued role despite efforts to unify the country. Haftar's Libyan National Army LNA last week sent troops into the southern city of SEPA, which was already allied to eastern forces and then on Saturday to a southern border crossing with Algeria. The nearly 1,000-kilometer border between Algeria and Libya cuts through mostly on Inhabited Desert and has few crossings.