[h=2]LNA Destroys Arms Supplied by Ankara to Militias[/h]
Counterterrorism & Security
7Dnews London
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:15 GMT
The Libyan National Army (LNA) said on Tuesday December 10th that it had destroyed a weapons shipment sent by Ankara to the outlawed militias taking over the capital city of Tripoli, according to Sky News.
The head of LNA’s media centre, General Khaled al-Mahjoub, said in press statements that the military operation ordered by General Khalifa Haftar largely destroyed arms supplied by Turkey to be used by outlawed militias near Tripoli.
The LNA launched a military offensive in April to liberate Tripoli from the control of extremist militias.
Haftar, a commander of LNA troops and a veteran military man, earlier on Tuesday met the commanders of the Western operation room to give the final instructions and orders before liberating Tripoli, said al-Mahjoub in press statements.
Haftar is closely following the operations in the western, southern, and eastern parts of the country, Al-Mahjoub said.
The troops made progress in November when LNA fighters destroyed Turkish ammunition depots in the areas of Al-Karimiya, Al-Suwani, Al-Azizia, Gharyan, Wadi Al-Rabie, Ain Zara and Salah Al-Din on the outskirts of Tripoli.
Tripoli is under the control of the National Accord government headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, backed by extremist armed militias and beholden to Ankara.
