Four Libyan National Army (LNA) soldiers were killed and six others were injured in a Turkish drone strike against a military base in Western Libya, according to LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mesmari.
"The killed, and injured soldiers belong to a military base of the Libyan National Army," al-Mesmari added.
Noteworthy, the LNA had announced that its air defenses had shot down a Turkish plane in the early hours of Saturday morning, south of the capital, Tripoli.
It was the second Turkish plane to be shot down by the Libyan Air Force in two days, as it managed to shoot down one between the airport road and the project area south of Tripoli.
The Libyan Army had also shot down a drone on the 13th of the last December after it entered the no-fly zone south of the capital.
The Turkish parliament approved on Thursday the deployment of troops, advisors, and equipment to Libya to assist the GNA, the internationally recognized authority that governs only a small part of the country.
On his part, Libyan Commander Khalifa Haftar threatened to “confront and expel” foreign forces on Friday.
“In order to counter the Turkish aggression, we announce jihad and general mobilization,” Haftar said. “The peaceful Turkish people will stand up against the invaders who are pushing their army to be wiped out in Libya,” he added.
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