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LNA Targets Turkish Defense System in Al-Wattia Base


Sun 05 Jul 2020 | 04:16 PM
Yassmine Elsayed

This morning, the Libyan National Army launched a series of airstrikes on Al-Wattia base in the west of the country, which is controlled by the Tripoli militias, that resulted in destroying a Turkish air defense system.

Local Libyan media reported that several explosions were heard at Al-Wattia base.

The reports pointed out that the air strikes targeted a place called Al-Nadab, a special place of the base commander.

Libyan military sources had confirmed to Al-Ain News several days ago that there were some movements by Turkish soldiers and militias at the Al-Wattia base which were spotted, especially, a military convoy consisting of more than 20 military vehicles, including covered trucks, accompanied by Turkish soldiers, and they were monitored in the Janzour area of ​​Tripoli.

Later on, they were spotted near the coastal road in the city of Sabratha, heading towards the base of Al-Wattia.

The Turkish military provocations come at a time when international efforts to solve the Libyan crisis continue by stressing the need to return to political consultations for a solution.

Defiant to the international will, the Turkish Minister of Defense, recently, visited Tripoli, in which he talked about "Turkish sovereignty, return after the ancestral withdrawal, and stay forever."