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Source: Dubai – Arabic.net
The Military Information Division of the General Command of the Libyan Armed Forces announced, on its official Facebook page, on Sunday, the murder of a leader of the pro-Turkish armed factions in the center of Ain Zara in the capital Tripoli.
According to information, the leader of what is known as the “Second Legion”, one of the elements of the pro-Turkish mercenaries in Libya, named Mohamed Hindawi, was killed after a specific operation carried out by the military units of the forces armed in the early hours of Sunday, in the center of Ain Zara in the capital, Tripoli.
The army also added that the qualitative operation had successfully achieved its objective and killed the commander of the second corps.
Rockets in residential neighborhoods
It should be noted that, despite the signing of the Berlin Agreement on January 19, which urged foreign countries to stop supporting internal parties to the Libyan conflict or interfere in the affairs of the country, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that it would consider the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar as legitimate targets if it continues its attacks against its diplomatic missions and interests in Libya.
“If our missions and interests in Libya are objective, we will consider Haftar’s forces as legitimate objectives,” the ministry said in a statement.
He also stated that the attacks on the Maitika airport in Tripoli early Saturday morning constituted “war crimes”. The attack was one of the intense artillery shell bombardments fired by the Libyan National Army in the capital.
On Saturday, Libyan Al-Wefaq militias announced that residential neighborhoods near the Maitakeya airport and the Bab Ghashir area in the capital Tripoli were targeted by missile attacks, while the Libyan National Petroleum Corporation announced a serious injury to the Brega Oil Marketing Company aviation fuel tanks at the Maitega International Airport warehouse.
Syrian mercenaries in Libya
It should be noted that Turkey continues to support the Al-Wefaq militia with mercenaries and recruiting Syrian teenagers and sending them to Libya as part of the mercenary groups through which it supports the Al-Wefaq government militia.
Since October last year, Turkey began sending Syrian mercenaries to Libya to fight alongside Al-Wefaq government forces against the Libyan army, the observatory said their number exceeded 8,000 fighters, in addition to the thousands who are currently receiving training. and they are waiting to join them on the various fronts of combat in Libya.
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