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Line 52: Since 1983 [[Chad]] was ''de facto'' partitioned, with the northern half controlled by the rebel [[Transitional Government of National Unity]] (GUNT) headed by [[Goukouni Oueddei]] and supported on the ground by [[Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|Libyan forces]], while the south was held by the Western-backed Chadian government guided by [[Hissène Habré]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Pollack\|2002\|p=383}}</ref> This partition on 16th parallel (the so-called Red Line) into Libyan and French zones of influence was informally recognised by France in 1984, following an accord between France and [[Libya]] to withdraw their forces from Chad.{{sfn\|Brecher\|Wilkenfeld\|1997\|p=92}} The accord was not respected by Libya, which maintained at least 3,000 men stationed in northern Chad.{{sfn\|Azevedo\|1998\|p=140}} During the period between 1984 and 1986, in which no major clash took place, Habré greatly strengthened his position thanks to ~~western~~Western support and Libya's failure to respect the Franco-Libyan 1984 agreement. From 1984 onwards, the GUNT also suffered increasing factional tensions, centered on the fight between Goukouni and [[Acheikh ibn Oumar]] over the leadership of the organization.{{sfn\|Nolutshungu\|1995\|pp=191–192, 210}} Taking advantage of the GUNT's difficulties, Habré struck a series of accords with smaller rebel factions, which left the GUNT at the beginning of 1986 with only three of the eleven factions that had originally signed the [[Lagos Accord]] in 1979. The remaining factions were Goukouni's [[People's Armed Forces]] (FAP), Acheikh's armed branch of the [[Democratic Revolutionary Council]] (CDR) and that part of the [[Chadian Armed Forces]] (FAT) which had maintained its loyalty to [[Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué]].{{sfn\|Ngansop\|1986\|p=160}} ==Forces on the ground==

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