The troops of the Libyan national army (LNA)

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The troops of the Libyan national army (LNA)

LNA / YouTube

The troops of the Libyan national army (LNA) field Marshal Khalifa the Haftarot completely left the neighborhood of Tripoli. Prior to this, the LDF defeated the troops of the national consensus Government (NTC). Thus began 14 months ago an attempt of the Haftarot forces to take the capital of Libya has failed, informs radio “Freedom”.

Opponents of the Haftarot has been able to occupy an international airport and other areas South of Tripoli, reports BBC. However, the fighting continued although both sides in the conflict agreed to negotiate a truce.

In Libya after the overthrow of Colonel-dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 did not stop the civil war. In Tripoli, acts recognized by the UN, the government of national consensus Faiza Saraga, and to the East of the country – the transitional Cabinet of Abdullah Abdurrahman al-Thani and the Parliament, supported the LDF field Marshal Khalifa the Haftarot.

25 April 2019 Haftar announced the withdrawal from the agreement on the peaceful settlement of the conflict and the formation of the NTC, signed on 17 December 2015. Also Haftar said the Libyan national army takes over the management of all controlled territories. From April 2019 to his army began the assault on the Libyan capital under the pretext of “its liberation from the terrorists.” However, the offensive petered out on the outskirts of the city.

According to media reports, the Haftarot supported by Russia, France, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt. On the side of the government in Tripoli, in turn, are Turkey, Qatar and Italy. In may it became aware of the report of the UN observers that in Libya there are about 1,200 mercenaries from the PMC “Wagner”, which is associated with the “chef Putin,” Yevgeny Prigozhin. Among those mercenaries are citizens of Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.

At the end of April 2020, the Minister of the NTC of Libya Fathi Basaga accused vagnerova in the use of chemical weapons in the country.

Moscow denies the state’s involvement in the Libyan conflict. President Vladimir Putin in January noted that if in Libya and are Russian citizens, they are not there to Russia and does not Express its interests.

Meanwhile, the African command of the US Armed forces said that Russia had recently deployed to Libya at least 14 combat aircraft, which are placed on air base the LDF in the Central part of the country.