LNA Accuses Turkey of Further Violations to Intl' Pledges

Hours ago, the Libyan National Army accused Turkey of transferring fighters from ISIS and Al-Qaeda extremist groups to Libyan territory and enabling their presence in the Sahel region.

The army spokesman, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, also revealed that number of foreign fighters were spotted along with Turkish military elements on the borders of the city of Misrata, as well as at the Tunisian border.

He noted that the number of foreign fighters which Turkey has sent to Libya  exceeded 3,000, and said that they take schools in the city of Tripoli as headquarters, and on another hand, confirmed that those fighters have violated the armistice on more than one axis.

Earlier, 'Al-Hadath' quoted sources yesterday, that Turkish soldiers landed, at dawn in the port of Tripoli, after they arrived on board two Turkish vessels, an unprecedented move by Turkey, since it started sending soldiers and foreign fighters to support the militias fighting alongside Al-Wefaq government.

The two ships were accompanied by a cargo ship that landed tanks and military trucks, for the first time since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his intention to support Al-Wefaq despite his pledge in the "Berlin conference" not to interfere in Libya or send troops or fighters there.

On his part, the top UN official in Libya Ghassan Salama expressed his “deep anger and disappointment” over intensifying conflict in Libya despite a high-level summit held in the German capital of Berlin earlier this month, that set out measures to de-escalate fighting and put the pided country back on a path towards peace.

Meanwhile, Erdogan considered that his country has gained much from the two memoranda of understanding on maritime borders and security and military cooperation.

He also pointed out that his country sent Turkish soldiers to the Libyan capital for what he called military consultations.

He added in a press interview: "the signing of the two memoranda of understanding raised the level of cooperation between Tripoli and Ankara to higher levels," and through it Ankara managed to "foil the exclusion of Turkey from the targeted projects in the Mediterranean."

In defiance to European sanctions, Erdogan reiterated his country's intention to explore energy sources in the Eastern Mediterranean region.