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On February 2nd, the UN-assigned Government of National Accord (GNA) began an apparent counter-offensive of its own, reportedly carrying out heavy shelling on Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA).
The GNA reported that shelling was carried out in the area of Bakhlet Al-Furjan, in Eastern Tripoli.
عاجل | الإعلام الحربي لبركان الغضب: مدفعية الجيش تستهدف تجمعا لعناصر وآليات مليشيات حفتر بخلة الفرجان. pic.twitter.com/ZOQIsoGlyF
— ليبيا بانوراما (@lpc_ly) February 2, 2020
It also targeted LNA positions west of Sirte, reportedly killing “many.”
#عاجل | آمر غرفة عمليات سرت الجفرة إبراهيم بيت المال للأحرار: مدفعيتنا استهدفت مليشيات حفتر في الوشكه أسفر عن سقوط قتلى وجرحى
— Libya Alahrar TV – قناة ليبيا الأحرار (@libyaalahrartv) February 2, 2020
On top of shelling, there were also airstrikes carried out by the GNA.
عاجل | الناطق باسم غرفة العمليات الميدانية سرت والجفرة أحمد القاضي لبانوراما: سلاح الجو نفذ ضربات دقيقة على الوشكة غرب سرت خلفت مقتل قيادي عسكري لحفتر. pic.twitter.com/VauGJWjH4O
— ليبيا بانوراما (@lpc_ly) February 2, 2020
As it has been known for a while, Turkey reinforced the GNA fighters with militants who were deployed from Syria, such a group was geolocated driving in Tripoli.
geolocation of syrian fighters driving in tripoli
32.831624, 13.130195https://t.co/BjsLhUeIhK pic.twitter.com/wuRM3Jp6Qy— il kanguru (@il_kanguru) February 3, 2020
The LNA did not sit idly and carried out its own shelling and airstrikes on GNA positions, west of Sirte, at Abu Qarayn, and also east of Misrata.
سلاح الجو يقصف تجمعات المليشيات شرق #مصراته
— غصة الخوارج (@LiBya_73) January 31, 2020
شن سلاح الجو في الجيش الوطني الليبي غارات جوية على قوات الأمن الوطني بالقرب من أبو غرين.
— الخبر من مصدره (@News_F_S) January 31, 2020
It also reinforced its hold on Sirte, sending in more reinforcements.
More #LNA reinforcements being sent to #Sirte pic.twitter.com/uuWuo7eEFe
— Ali Ahmed (@LibyaPro2) January 31, 2020
On the diplomatic front, Algerian President Abdelmeguid Taboun said that “Foreign fighters must be removed from Libya and arms flow prevented.”
He and Tunisian president Kais Saied agreed that a number of meetings between the Libyan parties must be hosted in order to avoid a further crisis.
#BREAKING
Tunisia President Kais Saied & his Algerian counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune agree on hosting a number of meetings between Libyan parties. #Libya pic.twitter.com/emz4p7gn6c— Libya Review (@LibyaReview) February 2, 2020
The UAE Foreign Minister accused Turkey of meddling into Arab affairs and that it has no place doing so.
عاجل | وزير الدولة الإماراتي للشؤون الخارجية: مفردات المسؤولين الأتراك تسعى للتغطية على واقع أن أنقرة هي التي تتدخل في الشأن العربي وتعيد إنتاج أوهام استعمارية ولى زمنها
— العين الإخبارية – عاجل (@AlainBRK) February 2, 2020
Following the statement by the UAE, a IL76TD cargo plane delivered undisclosed cargo, but likely military equipment to Libya.
AZee Air IL76TD heading #Libya from #UAE pic.twitter.com/GZuQJfA3xT
— Manu Gómez (@GDarkconrad) February 3, 2020
The ceasefire has completely collapsed, and any further diplomatic steps are likely to take place in mid-March, as German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that a meeting had been planned for then.
أعلن وزير الخارجية الألماني أن اجتماعًا حول ليبيا سيعقد في منتصف مارس
— الخبر من مصدره (@News_F_S) February 2, 2020
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Winter has come for house of Haftar
Only just now? Damn how he keeps warm, for the rest of the northern hemisphere winter came on the 22nd of December :O Haftar gets winter only just now.
Every house has its own winter, for now winter came for the house of Haftar
Seems like Syrian theatre is coming to an end, so need to open a new theatre up. It’s been like that since Lebanon civil war in 1975-1990.
Also in 2016, Turkey remedied the coup against Erdogan in a media way.
Fuck Turkish invaders in Libya and fuck Turkish invaders in Syria in the same time!
To much baked beans again plenty hot air from moron
Turkey supports Uighur terrorists, Jihadist terrorists in Syria and terrorists backed by the UN in Libya. No difference between these groups.
Great news. Finally, Turkey and Qatar are standing up to the evil rulers of the Sunni Muslim world (Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan). This is a fight between two camps of the U.S allies: the Saudi camp and the Turkish camp. Everything revolves around the Muslim Brotherhood.
Muslim Brotherhood (MB) seeks to overthrow the governments in the Saudi camp of U.S allies. Currently, MB has support from only two countries, Turkey and Qatar, but also aligned with Yemeni Forces, and Taliban.
Erdogan is making drastic changes in Turkey that aims to revive a movement towards the re-establishment of the Khilafa (Caliphate). He is revolutionizing Turkey’s education system inclined towards teaching people the Qur’an and sunnah. This is the reason why the U.S tried to overthrow him in a coup in 2016. Erdogan’s government is spending billions of dollars towards this goal – and the results so far are impressive as more and more pupils enroll in Imam atib schools, where Erdogan also studied as a child.
Malaysia is in full support of this current move to re-establish the Khilafa and I think they will soon get militarily involved, especially when Turkey comes under attack.
Iran is against such an outcome because it opposes, even militarily, a Sunni dominance. It is highly likely that should the movement to re-establish the Caliphate succeed, Iran will become the best U.S ally or partner in the Muslim world. Iran is more anti-Sunni than anti-Western. They are also very hypocritical and unless you watch their actions carefully, you wont know just how deeply they resent a Truly Sunni Sharia government. as an example, dig their history about Afghanistan. Iran has been fighting the Taliban long before the U.S invasion, and even fought on the same side as the U.S during the invasion.
Iran is opposed to a U.S presence in Afghanistan, but not so much as to support the Taliban in such a way that Afghanistan falls in Taliban control. Iran claims to strive towards liberating the Muslim world, but a careful observation reveals that their help to Muslims fighting America is highly selective. In Yemen, the support the Houthis more than other Sunni forces fighting alongside the houthis despite shiites being a minority. In Afghanistan, they only ship very lethal weapons to Shiite groups. the same goes for Iraq and Palestine.
Iran prefers Khalifa Haftar than the Muslim Brotherhood who seek pure sharia rule on Muslim lands.
IRAN CANNOT, AND WILL NOT LIBERATE THE MUSLIM WORLD. If there is any country that will liberate the Muslim world, I think Turkey appears to be the most likely.