After losing the Al-Wattia air base, the largest of the genre, extending from the west of the Tripoli capital to the Tunisian border, Marshal Khalifa Haftar continues to accumulate military reverse.
Yesterday Wednesday, June 3, 2020, the Libyan government forces recognized by the United Nations announced that they had regained control of Tripoli International Airport, a significant new rebound in this conflict that has lasted for several years.
“Our forces have fully released Tripoli International Airport”, out of service since 2014, said Loyal Forces spokesman for the government of National Union (GNA), Mohamad Gnounou, in a statement, quoted by the TAP agency.
This airport was occupied by pro-haftar forces since the first weeks of their offensive against Tripoli in April 2019.
Last April, Libyan Marshal Khalifa Haftar, had announced his withdrawal from the political agreement which led to the formation of the Libyan government, proclaiming that the power passed to the army. Khalifa Haftar, said he had obtained the “mandate of the people” to govern Libya and promised to continue his offensive against Tripoli.
Tunisia necessarily involved
The Libyan conflict is currently on the agenda in Tunisia. Yesterday, Wednesday, June 3, Wednesday, the Destourien Libre party failed to adopt a resolution refusing any foreign interference in Libya. A motion that intervenes in response to the actions of the president of the ARP, Rached Ghannouchi accused by certain parts of wanting to apply the Turkish and Qatari cards in Tunisia and Libya.
At dawn of May 30, the United States announced that they intend to use a military brigade installed in Tunisia in response to what they call “Russian activities in Libya”. Indeed, quoted by the Reuters agency, the US military announces to consider the use of “one of its security forces assistance brigades in Tunisia”, “in the midst of the concerns aroused by Russian activity in Libya”.
