HoR National Security and Defense Committee demands that the airports that receive Turkish soldiers and mercenaries be targeted
The Address | Benghazi – Libya
The head of the Defense and National Security Committee of the House of Representatives, Talal Al-Mihoub, commander-in-chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, called on the Libyan Air Force to disrupt airports and airstrips that receive Turks and mercenaries.
In a statement to the address, Mihoub called for targeting headquarters that give permission for Turks to enter Libya.
A video of Syrian terrorists affiliated with the so-called “Sultan Murad Brigade and the Sham Corps” led by Syrian terrorist Fahim Issa showed them participating in clashes against the army behind al-Takbali camp in Tripoli’s Salah al-Din area.
French radio RFI: Syrian fighters were transferred via airline owned by former LIFG leader Abdelhakim Belhaj
The Address | Benghazi – Libya
TRIPOLI – Ajniha Airlines, which is owned by former Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) leader Abdelhakim Belhaj, has transferred Turkey-backed Syrian fighters from their country to Tripoli, French radio RFI reported today.
In addition to Ajniha Airlines, Afriqiyah Airlines has also transferred Syrian fighters to help the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) fight the Libyan National Army (LNA), RFI reported.
The French radio also reported that four planes of these two airlines have carried out unregistered flights between Friday and Sunday to transfer the pro-Ankara fighters.
LIFG is a radical Islamist group formed to overthrow late dictator Muammar Gaddafi and establish a caliphate in Libya. It was designated by the United Nations as a terrorist organization in 1999.
Belhaj claimed he abandoned his radical ideology after he entered a de-radicalization program sponsored by the Gaddafi regime in 2010.
GNA’s Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj have requested military aid from Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan late December. Turkish troops will be deployed to Tripoli in early January, according to media reports.
Libya: presence of Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey
RFI-Anonymous sources at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli testify to the heavy movement of fighters from Turkey on unregistered flights.
According to various sources contacted by RFI, it was the Libyan airline Afriqiyah Airways and the airline al-Ajniha, owned by Abdelhakim Belhaj , a jihadist resident in Turkey, who transported these fighters from Turkey to Tripoli. Their objective: to lend a hand to the Islamist militias, loyal to the Government of national unity . Between Friday and Sunday, four planes landed at Matiga airport, disembarking Syrian fighters from brigades loyal to Ankara.
“We have come to defend Islam in Libya, we are the free army ,” insists a fighter with a Syrian accent in one of the first videos which testifies to this presence.
In a statement released on Sunday, the Libyan National Unity Government denied the presence of these Syrian fighters in Libya, saying that the video was made in Raqqa, Syria. However, actors from Libyan civil society note elements on the video which would indicate that it was filmed in Libya near the Tekbali military camp recently taken over by opponents of Khalifa Haftar’s forces.
On social networks, pages dedicated to the Syrian revolution announce the death of people who died in Libya, ” martyrs who defended the Mujahideen of Tripoli “.
Reached by RFI, Rami Abdel Rahmane, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) says that at least 500 Syrian fighters are already in Libya. According to him, a thousand others have been transported to Turkey and should, in turn, be sent to Tripoli.
“Registration desks are open for combatants wishing to go and fight in Libya, in the areas under Turkish occupation in the north of Syria, precisely in Afrin. Now, we are sure that combatants belonging to the so-called “national army”, these forces loyal to Turkey, have been transferred to Libya. There are at least 500 fighters who are already in Libya. Hundreds of others are preparing to go there. In reality, they are only mercenaries because they are fighting outside of Syria, in the service of Turkey, not for a cause but simply for money , “he underlines.
“These combatants are transported first to Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, and are then sent to several airports from where they are transported to Libya. They fight in the framework of Turkish private security companies. Turkey will not send its army as long as it finds mercenaries ready to do the work in Libya, “added Rami Abdel Rahmane.
Last week, Khalifa Haftar’s military command said that 11 Syrians had died near Sirte. Aviation then aimed at a position of the Misrata militias.
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