2 week ago2x Turkish Air Force C130 222/223 airborne from Al-Watiya Air Base Libya
2 week agoAfter three weeks of silence, "Jenis Air" Ilyushin Il-76 UP-I7646 JEN1366 went for a flight again. This aircraft has been based in Libya for months now. Their AOC (commercial operating license) has been suspended for exactly 2 months, too
2 week agoOn 1 Sep at ~2100 LT, the LNA's OPV ALKARAMA detained, after firing warning shots, two Italian fishing vessels – MEDINEA 382 and ANTARTIDE 361 – for violating the 'Fisheries Protection Zone' 35nm NW of Benghazi. The boats Italian and Tunisians crews were detained
New Pentagon Inspector General Report: "@USAfricaCommand estimated that during the quarter (April 1-June 30), Russia supported thousands of mercenaries in Libya including approximately 3,000 from the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, & approximately 2,000 Syrians"
Pentagon report: "Turkey has also deployed several hundred regular military forces to Libya. These individuals included trainers, advisors, ordnance disposal personnel—a large number of IEDs have been found in southern Tripoli—and operators and maintainers of Turkish air defense systems."
Pentagon report says "Turkey sent more than 5,000 Syrian mercenaries to support the (Libyan Govt of National Accord) according to @USAfricaCommand. AFRICOM assessed that the Syrian mercenaries, who worked closely with Turkey in Syria, likely arrived by Turkish military aircraft"
The Tunisian president affirms his country's firm position on the Libyan issue, which calls for finding a comprehensive political settlement that preserves the unity and sovereignty of Libya
2 week agoTurkish Ministry of Defense: "National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with Libyan Defense Minister Saladin Namroush. Minister Akar welcomed the Guest Minister with a military ceremony, and a meeting between delegations was held under the presidency of both Ministers."
Borrell: We welcome a ceasefire and support a political solution to the Libya crisis
Borrell meets Al-Sarraj and members of the National Accord Government in Tripoli
Borrell: Libya is a top priority for the European Union
A suicide bombing at the Ghiran Gate in Janzour, west of Tripoli
2 week agoEarlier this morning a suicide bomber on a motorbike carried out an attack on a GNA security checkpoint (Al-Ghiraan) west of the capital Tripoli. No casualties have been reported
2 week ago2x Turkish Air Force C130 222/223 airborne from Al-Watiya Air Base Libya
2 week agoTurkish Air Force cargo planes en route to Libya 1 Airbus A400M-180 departed Istanbul Ataturk Airport 2 Lockheed C-130E Hercules departed Ankara Etimesgut AFB
Al-Sarraj and Bashagha to meet tomorrow
LNA: An explosion reported in the Yarmouk camp in Tripoli
The Turkish central bank says it has signed a liquidity agreement with the Libyan Central Bank
2 week agoMore than 300 migrants have been evacuated from Lampedusa since last night to alleviate the tense situation that this small island in southern Italy is experiencing
GNA formations are pushing military reinforcements to West Sirte
3 week agoLNA 128th Battalion patrolling in the Bi'r Tahala area near Ghat, Fezzan
3 week agoGNA convoys heading towards Sirte today
The UN representative discussed with the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence the need for calm in Libya
Greek Foreign Minister: Our maritime rights in territorial waters have not been affected by the illegal agreement of Al-Sarraj and Turkey
3 week agoA radical militant within ranks of Haftar claims that squadrons of fighter jets from Muslim countries are heading to Libya to cleanse it from "the Kharijites", adding they will form army after Libya liberation to protect Saudi Arabia from "the Khariji states of Qatar and Turkey"
Libyan army spokesman Colonel Pilot Mohamed Gnunu: Haftar's militias gathered hundreds of Chadian mercenaries and Janjaweed in a training camp in Zalla.
Libyan army spokesman Colonel Pilot Mohamed Gnunu: We monitored the arrival of 70 armed vehicles and ammunition trucks for Janjaweed mercenaries to Sirte in the last hours Libya
Libyan army spokesman Colonel Pilot Mohamed Gnunu: We spotted armed convoys that arrived from the east to Hoon and gathered in three schools. Libya
3 week agoThe Liberia-flagged, Greek-owned/managed crude oil tanker EPISKOPI is underway to the oil crescent. Course suggests she is likely heading for Brega, Libya. Tracking by @MarineTraffic
3 week agoThe claim is Sirte but the 2nd photo showing Russian Wagner mercenaries is from Waddan, Jufra - a restaurant called Black Fast Food, which is very close to the Jufra Air Base. 29°11'07.3"N 16°09'07.4"E
