Per @DoD_IG report, the up to 3,800 Syria n fighters in Libya on the payroll of Turkey. @USAfricaCommand "observed no credible reports of [extremist] affiliated militants among the mercenary forces from Syria.fighters were likely in Libya for personal or financial reasons"
France calls on U.S. to intervene to stop the repeated violations of the arms embargo on Libya
Turkish Minister of National Defense Akar on alleged harassment of the French ship: "We are still waiting for an apology from our French allies. We will not let them close, we will take it to the end."
4 week agoTurkish President: Abu Dhabi government behaves like a pirate by supporting the putschists Haftar with large quantities of arms and money
President Erdogan: Egypt's presence with the putschist Hafter shows that it was involved in an illegal process
Erdogan: "No matter what responsibility we have taken in Libya until now, we will continue our responsibility in this way."
Turkish President: We are preparing to conclude a new agreement with Libya with the participation of the United Nations
Erdogan: Turkey is about to sign a new agreement with the GNA in Tripoli
Turkish President: Our responsibilities in Libya will continue as they were, and we will not leave the Libyans alone
4 week agoOperation Irini has its FlagShip provided by the @ItalianNavy, a Landing Platform Dock. From San Giorgio, the Force Commander, the Italian Read Admiral @ettore_socci, leads the naval and air assets deployed
4 week agoA second Turkish Air Force C-130E Hercules flight approached Al-Wattiyah/Al-Wutiyah Air Base in Libya a near identical manner as yesterday
4 week agoFirst time seeing a M101 howitzer in Turkish camo with the GNA
Libya: Several shipments made to the Al Watiyah air base and Misrata by Turkey
4 week agoBack to Al Watiya AFB second day in a row: Turkish Air Force's Erkilet based 222nd Squadron's Lockheed C130 Hercules 711468 turboprop transport plane flew from Konya AFB to 'TurAFB' Al Watiya in Nuqat al Khams Tripolitania. This is the 30th TurAF flight to Libya in last 2months
4 week agoTurkish Air Force's Konya AFB based 131st Squadron's Boeing 737-7ES AEW&C Peace Eagle "Batı" 13-004 operates over SW Turkey & the Mediterranean
4 week agoBack to Al Watiya AFB second day in a row Turkish Air Force's Erkilet based 222nd Squadron's Lockheed C130 Hercules 711468turboprop transport plane is flying from Konya AFB to Libya, likely to 'TurAFB' Al Watiya in Nuqat al Khams. This is the 30th flight in the last 2months
Al-Nahr Company: Severe damage to the western wing of the Great Man-Made River water system in Shweref as a result of an air strike.
The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt: Firmly confronting the transfer of foreign fighters to Libya is necessary
4 week agoMinutes ago, a United Arab Emirates Air Force flight (C-17A reg. 1230/896C40 as UAF1223) landed at Sidi Barrani Air Base, NW Egypt, as tracked by a receiver on Cyprus. Suspected origin: UAE base in Assab, Eritrea
LNA artillery targeted GNA point south-east to Misrata
4 week agoThis morning between 06:17 UTC and 11:31 UTC, ZetAvia flight ZAV9515 from Sweihan Air Base, UAE, was on ground at Sidi Barrani Air Base. 09:11 UTC, Sentinel-2 passed. This is 50844D, most likely new UR-CTO, former Sigma Airlines UP-I7601.
LNA Spokesman: The Brotherhood, led by Ghannouchi in Tunisia, is reeling and is about to fall
LNA spokesman: The Air Force is fully ready and the Air Defense Forces cover all Libyan territory
LNA spokesman: There is no truth to the rumors about the withdrawal of our forces from their positions in Sirte or our agreement with an American delegation to hand over the oil crescent area to European parties
LNA Spokesman Mesmari: Turkey is still pushing more mercenaries and military equipment to Libya
LNA spokesman: Misrata remains a main base for receiving Turkish weapons and support
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker: No one objects to Russian or Emirati aircraft heading to Libya, nor to the Egyptian
The Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Italy affirm, during a phone call, the need to support efforts to reach a comprehensive and sustainable solution that takes into account all aspects of the Libyan crisis
Egyptian Foreign Minister stresses to his Italian counterpart in a phone call the need to support efforts to reach a comprehensive solution to the crisis in Libya, warning of the consequences of illegal foreign interference there
US State Department: Turkey has inserted itself in Libya and may prepare to advance towards Sirte
GNA Foreign Ministry spokesperson: Al-Sisi's talk is a repeat of his previous statements, which is a blatant interference in Libyan affairs
4 week agoApc's and tanks have been delivered to the LNA in a new shipment that arrived yesterday
LNA denies any agreement on the evacuation of the Oil Crescent and confirms its continued control over it
Libyan tribes: we authorize the Egyptian president and the Egyptian army to enter Libya
Al-Sisi: We will enter Libya at the request of the tribes and come out with an order from them
El-Sisi: Our red lines in Sirte and Al-Jafra are a call for peace
Egyptian Presidency: Sheikhs and notables of Libyan tribes express their full mandate to President Sisi and the Egyptian army to intervene to protect Libyan sovereignty
Egyptian President: Egypt will not stand idly by in the face of any moves that pose a threat to Arab, regional or international national security
Libyan GNA government forces: two Russian cargo planes land at the Al-Jafra air base in central Libya
President of Egypt Al-Sisi: We are able to change the military scene in Libya quickly and decisively
President of Egypt Al-Sisi: We will not stand idly watching the military build-up at Sirte
Al-Sisi calls on the Libyan tribesmen to join a unified national army
El-Sisi: We are ready to train the Libyan tribesmen to build a unified national army
Al-Sisi: We reject Libya's transformation into a safe haven for outlaws
Al-Sisi: Arms must be restricted to the state of institutions in Libya
Al-Sisi: We reject foreign interference in Libya
Al-Sisi: We reject Libya's transformation into a safe haven for outlaws
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Sheikhs and notables of the Libyan tribes: We unanimously called on the Egyptian president to intervene in the event of an attack on Sirte by Turkey
Head of Libya's Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj discusses with Italy's Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese preliminary steps to the return of Italian companies to resume work in Libya, plus Italy's assistance in mine clearance activities
4 week agoGNA President Sarraj met with Italian Interior Minister
National Oil Corporation: The oil fields closure losses amount to $6.8 billion
Zillah city: The Janjawid mercenaries who arrive from Al-Jafra reinforce their presence in the oil fields near the city.
The Kremlin denies participating in any military operations in Libya
Sisi to the sheikhs and notables of the Libyan tribes: We want to activate the free will of the Libyans
4 week agoUNSMIL publicly and directly calling out one of Libya's many partisan outlets for fake news
The Egyptian Presidency: Al-Sisi meets today the sheikhs and notables of the Libyan tribes
4 week ago. @aawsat_News says : American delegation visited Haftar at Rajma & proposed withdrawal of Hatar's forcess & Russia-n mercenaries from Sirte + demilitarising the Oil Crecent
4 week agoTurkish Air Force A400 TUAF221 airborne from Misurata Libya
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: Our Arab world and its capitals cannot be a common place for regional intervention with impunity
The UAE Foreign Minister and his German counterpart discuss the situation in Libya and the peace process in the Middle East region
Phonecall yesterday Sisi and Macron on Libya. The two presidents "agreed on the importance of undermining illegal foreign interventions on Libyan soil."
4 week agoTurkish Air Force lands directly at Al Watiya AFB . Turkish Air Force's Erkilet based turboprop transport planes, 221st Squadron A400 17080 flew from Istanbul to Misrata & 222nd Squadron's Lockheed C130 Hercules 711468 flew from Konya to Al Watiya
