Failed coup general Hafter is looking for an exit after heavily defeated in southern Tripoli.

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Ganimets

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262349919400210432

These Kornets seem recent, not from Gaddafi era.

 

[Indos]

Libya's GNA recaptures strategic al-Watiya airbase
Announcement by Tripoli-based administration comes after month-long offensive against forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar.

3 hours ago

Libya's Government of National Accord has launched a counteroffensive against Haftar's forces [File: Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency]
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Libya's internationally-recognised government says it has captured the strategic al-Watiya airbase from fighters loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar.

Military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu said in a Twitter post on Monday the forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) had taken over the entirety of the base near the Tunisian border.

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The announcement by the administration of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj came after a month-long counteroffensive that has seen forces allied to it drive Haftar's troops out of much of Libya's western coast.

Haftar launched an offensive in April 2019 to seize control of Tripoli, resulting in a stalemated conflict that has killed more than 1,000 people.

Analysts say the GNA's capture of al-Watiya, located some 25km (16 miles) from the Tunisia border, will allow its forces to fully focus on repelling Haftar's fighters in southern Tripoli.

"This will change the balance of power in favour of the GNA. It is a major setback for Haftar as it is the last stronghold for his forces in western Libya," said Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Tripoli.

"Haftar's forces have launched air strikes from that base to target government troops in several locations in western Libya, especially in the confrontation axes in southern Tripoli."

Anas el Gomati, director of the Sadeq Institute think-tank, told Al Jazeera the GNA's capture of the base has altered the military calculus in western Libya.

"It's a major development because it really alters the way in which Haftar can continue his offensive on Tripoli, the way he can use logistics to supply his troops, to provide them munitions and provide them a platform to circumvent the GNA's troops," he said.

"This frees up the GNA troops' capacity now, to move down towards the south of Tripoli, towards Tarhuna, which is the last line of Haftar's offensive. It signifies that Haftar's forces are on the retreat," he added.

The North African country, a major oil producer, has been mired in chaos since 2011 when longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a NATO-backed uprising.

It is now split between two rival administrations: The GNA in Tripoli and the eastern-based House of Representatives allied with Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...ategic-al-watiya-airbase-200518080809238.html

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

GNA captured Pantsir HSS today

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262456786524700679

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262443727731281927

 

[cabatli_53]

Zintan changed the side. Zintan council appreciate the victory of GNA and ask LNA terrorists drop the weapons and surrender otherwise they will be detained.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262881508001529858

 

[ÇölKaplanı]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262910231337721859

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262913887608999937

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Zintan changed the side. Zintan council appreciate the victory of GNA and ask LNA terrorists drop the weapons and surrender otherwise they will be detained.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262881508001529858

Seems fake.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262720047635628033

 

[cabatli_53]

After Zintan, Alasabe leaders changed the side and joined into GNA.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262928033427730437

 

[Nein]

Seems fake.

Tsk map is much more reliable than the crap you post here thats for sure.

 

[dBSPL]

After Zintan, Alasabe leaders changed the side and joined into GNA.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262928033427730437

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262975337748746240

Alasaba was also cleared from terrorists and mercenaries of the failed coup elements. So the whole of Tunisia border areas along the Nefusa mountains cleared in the south and west of Tripoli.

The western part of Libya will be cleared with the liberation of Tarhuna elevations after the Nefusa ranges.

 

[Oublious]

 

[HAIDER]

These Kornets seem recent, not from Gaddafi era.

This old Libyan army weapons ..

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263342267672268800

 

[Nein]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263342267672268800

Somalia needs Turkish drones to hunt Al Shabab rats.

Uae's rats need to be hunted one by one where ever they are.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263374955951140864

Somalia needs Turkish drones to hunt Al Shabab rats.

Uae's rats need to be hunted one by one where ever they are.

Yes, we definitely these Turkish drones that turned the tide in Libya.