Libya .. Closed Roads Between East, West Get Opened

This morning, the closed roads for months between the east and the west of Libya started to open once again, as part of decisions and understandings reached during the meetings of the Military Committee (5 + 5) between the warring parties.

Forces affiliated with the city of Misrata and loyal to the Government of National Accord (Al-Wefaq) had removed a number of earthen mounds on the internal roads linking Qadahiya and the Zamzam Valley towards Al-Jafra, which is the area that was described as the red line separating the Libyan army and the forces of the militias of Al-Wefaq government, pending the removal of the combat checkpoints and mines and the complete and final opening of the connecting roads Between Sirte and Tripoli, and between Misrata and the eastern cities of Libya.

The Joint Military Committee (5 + 5) agreed last week, at the conclusion of its meetings in the city of Sirte, to open the coastal road between the east and west to facilitate the movement of citizens in the war-torn country, as well as to remove mercenaries and fighters from the contact lines.

Last month, Libya's airspace between east and west opened and flights resumed again between the capital and Tripoli after a one-year hiatus, due to the intensification of fighting between the national army and the GNA forces around the capital, Tripoli.

Mean while, the "Flight Radar" application, which specializes in tracking air traffic, revealed the arrival of two Turkish military cargo planes today, coming from Ankara, Turkey, to the west in war-torn country.

Monitoring showed that a Turkish C-130 military cargo plane landed at the Uqba bin Nafi air base in al-Wataya, west, coming from Ankara.

On its part, private sources told Al-Ain Al-Akhbariya that a Turkish military cargo plane, an Airbus A400M, landed at the Misurata Air College airport coming from Ankara Airport.

Since the Berlin Conference on the war-torn country, which was held last January, and the Security Council ratified its outputs, the Turkish flights carrying weapons and mercenaries by air and sea to western Libya have not been stopped.

Turkey continues its efforts to thwart the ceasefire agreement signed between the Libyan factions in Geneva on October 23, by violating the terms of the agreement, which is based on withdrawing Turkish mercenaries and officers from the Libyan bases.