Instead , the HoR established Building its parliament in Tobruk , which is controlled Control by General Haftar 's forces .

The LPA was the result of protracted negotiations between rival political camps based in Tripoli , Tobruk , and elsewhere which agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to unite Cause_to_amalgamate as the Government of National Accord .

In addition to those three factions , there are also smaller rival groups : the Islamist Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries , led by Ansar al-Sharia , which has had the support of the GNC and was defeated Conquering in Benghazi in 2017 ; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 's ( ISIL 's ) Libyan provinces ; the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna which expelled Removing ISIL from Derna in July 2015 and was later itself defeated Conquering in Derna by the Tobruk government in 2018 ; as well as many militias and armed groups , whose allegiances often change Change .

Wavell defined Statement Operation Brevity 's main objectives as the acquisition of territory from which to launch a further planned Arranging offensive toward Tobruk , and the depletion of German and Italian forces in the region .

The operation was intended to by-pass Motion Axis defences on the Egyptian–Libyan fronter , defeat Conquering the Axis armoured forces and relieve the 1941 Siege of Tobruk .

On 27 November the New Zealanders reached Arriving the Tobruk garrison , relieving Cure the siege .