On April 18, forces of the Government of National Accord, supported by Turkish military and Turkish-backed militants from Syria, launched an attack to capture the town of Tarhuna from the Libyan National Army (LNA).
According to pro-Turkisih sources, they already captured a batch of weapons and ammunition, as well as several LNA members.
#Libya
?Türkiye destekli UMH güçleri Tarhuna bölgesine başlattığı operasyonda çok sayıda Hafter militanını esir aldı. pic.twitter.com/2tE5s2OHdK— TSKMap.net (@TSKMap) April 18, 2020
صور تُظهر جانباً من قذائف الهاون سيطرت عليها قوات #بركان_الغضب خلال تقدمها صباح اليوم إلى أحد تمركزات مليشيات #حفتر على مشارف الحدود الإدارية لـ #ترهونة pic.twitter.com/p7zGTQdTTW
— Libya Alahrar TV – قناة ليبيا الأحرار (@libyaalahrartv) April 18, 2020
Meanwhile, the conflict between Turkish-led forces and the LNA escalated in Libyan airspace. Both sides employ their air defense forces and aircraft.
UPDATE (18.04.2020 20:15 CET): Even pro-Turkish sources admit that Turkish-led forces already lost a number of combat dornes in the clashes.
The infographic piece below shows the supposed UAV losses of GNA and LNA forces since the start of escaltion in the area of Tripoli:
I’m still backing Haftar and the elected government in Tobruk.
There’s no elected government in tobrouk because there’s no party with majority able to form government, now there’s only one government which is recognized by the majority of members elected parliament ( Skhirat agreement in Morroco) and United nations. That’s what you don’t arrive understand.