A Turkish BMC, destroyed on March 2nd by the LNA. Click to see full-size image
On March 2nd, Turkey’s nightmare scenario appears to be becoming reality, as a delegation allied to Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar visited Damascus, Syria.
In the meeting, Libyan Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Abdul-Hadi al-Hawaij met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Damascus.
al-Hawaij said “Syria is an important, effective and key state in the region despite of all circumstances facing it and terrorism will not undermine it as it is able to overcome all the crises thanks to the resilience of its people, the heroism of its army and the wisdom of its leadership.”
Al-Hawaij noted that one of the most important goals of the visit to Syria is to exchange information on thousands of terrorists and mercenaries who have been transferred by Erdogan from northern Syria to Libya backed by Qatar “the financial arm of all the operations in this regard.”
BREAKING | Major-Gen. Younes #Farhat of #Libya's interim Defence Ministry, said to @ObservatoryLY : "We agreed with Syrian Defence and Intelligence to exchange data on Syrian terrorists in #Tripoli and on Libyan ones wanted for fighting in #Syria for al-#Nusra Front and #ISIS." pic.twitter.com/TfJxYCBHeG
— صحيفة المرصد الليبية (@ObservatoryLY) March 1, 2020
The delegation was also received by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
President Assad received the delegation from Libya headed by Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Rahman Al-Aheresh, and Abdul Hadi Alhweij Minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation. pic.twitter.com/8Zf4frNQcM
— Hassan Ridha (@sayed_ridha) March 2, 2020
On the Syrian side, Muallem said diplomatic missions would be reopened in Damascus and the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, controlled by Haftar’s forces.
The two sides also pledged to coordinate to “confront Turkish interference and aggression against both countries”.
Meanwhile, on the ground in Libya, the LNA appears to be making gains against the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) forces.
Another UAV, presumably Turkish was shot down in southern Tripoli.
Libyan National Army #LNA Air defense platforms target a Turkish UAV that took off from the military base of Maitiga, and shot it down at the Al-Khala axis #Tripoli. after it attempted to target the positions of our military units in the area.#Libya pic.twitter.com/tWE4mZQHZt
— M.LNA (@LNA2019M) March 2, 2020
Image of the Turkish UAV, downed above Tripoli by the LNA and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s signature on it. Click to see full-size image
Shelling of the Mitiga airport with Grad rockets also continued.
عاجل | مليشيات حفتر تستهدف مطار معيتيقة بصواريخ الغراد#العدوان_على_طرابلس#ليبيا #طرابلس pic.twitter.com/dk0HQGv14Y
— قناة فبراير (@FebruaryChannel) March 2, 2020
The LNA reported that it had knocked out the MIM-23 HAWK Systems that Turkey deployed at the Mitiga airport.
#LNA claim that yesterday they knocked out Turkey’s US-made MIM-23 HAWK systems deployed at Mitiga #Tripoli airport during the shelling / Grad rocket strikes.
Unless the radar module was hit, however, it’s highly unlikely the battery is out of action.
— Libya MarSec Monitoring (@MaritimeSecuri1) March 1, 2020
There were heavy clashes in Ain Zara, eastern Tripoli.
مدفعية قواتكم المسلحة متمثلة في #الكتيبة128 وسرية #الهاون التابعة لقوة #عمليات #اجدابيا تستهدف تجمع للحشد الميليشياوي التركي فى محور عين زارة بعد محاولتهم التجمع للهجوم على نقاط للقوات المسلحة العربية الليبية ولله الحمد كانت الضربات دقيقه جدآ ولله الحمد pic.twitter.com/tIYGmRHhsY
— ابن ليبيا السرتاوي?????? (@MstrMax11) March 2, 2020
And the LNA is also advancing from the area of the Tripoli International Airport.
#ليبيا #طرابلس
اللحظات الاولى لاقتحام والسيطره من قبل الجيس الليبي على اخر ما تبقى من محور الرمله (جزيرة الرمله) ومثلث مدرسة طارق. pic.twitter.com/88Xa6Ae4LY— وكالة أخبار بنغازي (@akbaar_Benghazi) March 2, 2020
The GNA attempted to destroy the vehicle used by the LNA to launch GRAD rockets, but to no avail.
عاجل | الإعلام الحربي لبركان الغضب: مدفعية الجيش تستهدف عربة جراد بمحور وادي الربيع وتجمعا لأفراد مليشيات حفتر بمحور عين زارة pic.twitter.com/j63htBGeKd
— ليبيا بانوراما (@lpc_ly) March 2, 2020
Heavy clashes are on-going in many positions in and around Tripoli, but so far it appears that the LNA is managing to gain the upper hand, as Turkey’s support of the GNA proves entirely ineffective.
Turkey’s role, currently, is sending drones that are being destroyed, militants who are taking part in presumed operations with unclear results. The information network’s efforts, however, are working in a way similar to that in Syria – there are reports of LNA fighters being killed, but little evidence to back them up.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend …
Actually, Libyans like the Syrians who they consider as the best of the Arabs for standing up to Zionist scum. Kaddafi supported Assad senior in 1973 and even sent a battalion to fight alongside Algerians and Iraqis on the Golan. The Libyans provided one armored brigade and two squadrons of Mirage V fighters, of which one squadron was to be piloted by the Egyptian Air Force and the other by Libyan pilots. Only Egyptian-manned squadrons participated in the war Libya also sent financial aid. This was Libya’s first pan Arab military mission and they did quite well. Algerians were some of the toughest soldiers and blocked the Zionists at Sassa ridge near Damascus at great sacrifice and courage.
good history. thx bro
That is a good history. On most comment sites one dosn’t learn a dar.n thing.
the old proverb are still the best !
No, that adage is a recipe for disaster, because sometimes the devil you is better in the long run then that new ally who popped and who ends up taking the both of you. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. Nothing more, nothing less.
2 loser get together
The Turkeys are being roasted everywhere.
I can hear the hasbarats cries from tel aviv…;)
no country will be a superpower forever. If you keep treating your neighbors badly your children one day will pay the consequences
The problem is that the delusionally arrogant and ignorant Turkeys have a problem with all their neighbors from Armenia, Iran, Russia, Iraq, Greece to Syria. They are morons.
Yes, and nowadays many turks are making the mistake of supporting the islamist regime crimes against nations like syria and others. When this evil islamist regime will be defeted and turkey will be at the mercy of others, then the children of the actual turkish retarded ‘grownups’ will pay a (huge!) bill…
Interestingly, the Turkeys have disappeared from SF like their drones :)
✌️?✌️
Haha!…yep, that’s true
Some will change their user name too…
Oy gevalt… Nein…our beautiful wahabimossad assets…oy oy..thats a lot of shekels gone puff, I cant even watch… I only hope U.S. govt will give us more free money from their taxpayerss so wr can train more assets…oy oy…
Hahaha!!..that’s very well said dude…
Turkey could have extended their good-relations with the old Ottoman territories if it didn’t act like a bully. I feel like Lybia, Cyprus, Syria, northern Iraq….some people in the Turk government was trying to military bind old Ottoman territories. Instead, they are kind of making everything worse
Wouldn’t be a surprise if Erdogan met the same manner of fate as Gaddafi.
very nice
Next try might be Golan for all Westbankers if Netanjahu wins the elections.
Assads need spendable new inhabitants. Its more and more as in DDR, where Honnesker had to build a wall, so he was not kept alone there. He was the only proletar in the whole DDR.
If Trump wins Assad might get some ´125.000 “mexicans” a year. Not bad with pigs and tequila. Russians might stay there forever:).
Better then no oil…
Now the Turkish nightmares just started to unfold. They should back down and take care of his population not waging war against Syria. Because they are neighbour . And bombs can start falling on Turkish soil and no NATO will not help them, because they are the oanes who started the war,and no country attacked first Turkey they attacked first so they cannot invoke art5.
syrians will fuck turks up!
PS…really bad
instead of creating the global mix army of muslim to protect muslim from terriost and Zionist. Erdogon stupid want Nato membership. it proves Turks are the main casue of destruction tighter with Bahrain and Saudi/uae. Pakistan goverment is also useless . slave of Alsaud.
That drone had bad luck since Erdogan wrote his thoughts on it lolol
Lol The same UAV Er?an signs is the one shot down. Truely its a sign.
Turkish drones are ineffective in Libya as Pantsir system are deployed!…in Syria were not deployed in east Idlib as terrorist offensive was active and that system could fall under terrorist hands like the T-90!…other factor is the lack of coordination between SAD operators and air control which can provoke that Russia/Syrian jets/drones can be shot down by friendly fire!
Ha, seems ErDOGan keeps biting off more than he can chew. His forces are spread too thinly, and are deployed in insufficient numbers to make a real difference on either battlefield.
These miscalculations on his part probably stem from his delusions about Turkey being a ‘great-power’ (muh ‘2nd largest NATO army’), when in reality it’s a relatively-weak and domestically-unstable power.
clearly the Russian leadership comprehends the old adage, keep your friends close—keep your enemies closer…..obviously the turks and amerikans can’t understand this
Assad, are you sure you want to partner with this CIA plant?