Al-Wefaq government announces the repudiation of the new Haftar attack on Tarabulus and the capture of fighters

The forces of the government of the Libyan Accord today announced its response to a violent attack launched by the army of retired brigade Khalifa Haftar on several hubs south of the capital Tripoli, and captured 11 elements of his forces.

Mustafa al-Mujaie, spokesman for the media center for the "Volcano of Wrath" operation launched by the internationally recognized Accordance Government, said the Reconciliation Forces "today repulsed a violent attack on Haftar forces on several axes south of Tripoli."

He added that the forces of reconciliation "still retain their positions .. And succeeded in the seizure of the forces of Haftar large losses in the mechanisms."

He explained that the forces of Hafar launched the attack in several hubs south of the capital, including Khalla and Ain Zara and the nature, pointing out that their warplanes launched several strikes in those axes, without specifying the number.

The Al-Wefaq forces also captured 11 Hafar fighters in the Sabia axis and the sheep of some vehicles, according to the same source.

An immediate statement from Hafar's forces could not be obtained.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Reconciliation of the Tunisian government to hand over a pilot of the forces of Hafer, whose plane has been forced on its territory during the past few hours.

The Tunisian Defense Ministry confirmed in a communiqué that a Libyan military plane of the type "L -39" was forced to land in the area of ​​the red shelf in Medenine border with Libya in southern Tunisia.

The letter added that the plane was led by a colonel officer, who said in his first statement that he had to land because of damage to the plane.

It is noteworthy that the forces of retired Brigadier General Khalifa Hafter began this morning a violent attack on the concentrations of the forces of the government of Al-Wefaq in the areas of Ain Zara and Al-Khalla and Wadi Al-Rubaie south of Tripoli, and heard the sounds of clashes clearly in the southern neighborhoods of the city after a lull lasted about a week.

The media said the attack began after pages on the social networking sites belonging to Hafer recorded a voice recording of the head of the operations room, General Saleh Abouda, giving instructions to storm Tripoli and start the zero hour.

"Continuous progress"
The information center of the brigade 73 of Hafter that his forces are progressing continuously since the early morning hours on all axes.

The statement, posted on the official Facebook page, said that their forces are advancing significantly in Ain Zara and the Valley of Spring valley, and that the air force continues to target points in front of the advanced units.

The presidential council of the National Reconciliation Government warned last Saturday of a new military escalation targeted Tripoli, said in a statement that "media reports that there are preparations by the forces of Haftar to target through air strikes civil facilities in Tripoli, including the airport of Maitika International."

The Supreme Council of the State has already announced intelligence information indicating the intention of countries - including the UAE, France and Egypt - to support the digging of weapons and aviation and to become more involved in the Libyan file.