The battles resumed today, Friday, in the vicinity of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and retired Major General Khalifa Haftar's forces were reported to have retreated and the death of one of its most prominent leaders, while the Turkish army confirmed its readiness to go to Libya as soon as he received instructions.
A military source from the Al-Wefaq government reported the renewed armed clashes in most fighting axes south of Tripoli.
Al-Wefaq forces recovered sites they had lost earlier, and forced Haftar's forces to withdraw to the back of the Yarmouk camp in the vicinity of Tripoli.
Sources from the Al-Wefaq forces stated that the front-line fighters in the Haftar forces were militants of the Russian "Wagner" company, who were carrying out combat operations against the Al-Wefaq government forces using modern quality weapons.
Media affiliated with Haftar's forces confirmed that they had lost a prominent military commander with the rank of Colonel Colonel Fathi Muhammad Al-Maslati.
Al-Musallati was killed today, Friday, by missile strikes in the Yarmouk axis, south of the capital, Tripoli.
The gunmen were commanding the tanks and armored corps of the 106th Brigade of the Haftar Forces.
In the same context, today, Haftar's aircraft targeted military posts in the vicinity of the Al-Zawiya refinery in the northwest of the country.
On Thursday, the city was hit by three air strikes, one of which resulted in
Two civilians were killed and eight others wounded as a result of rockets falling in several shops
The coastal road in the corner.
And today, Friday, a march condemned in the city condemned the raids of Haftar forces targeting oil installations and resulted in civilian casualties.
The demonstrators expressed their rejection of the attack by Haftar forces on the capital, Tripoli, and condemned the positions of the countries supporting it.
Waiting for orders
For its part, military sources in Ankara confirmed that the Turkish armed forces are ready to go to Libya and carry out their tasks as soon as they receive instructions.
This came after a press conference of the spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, Nadida Shabanam Oktob, in which she presented an evaluation of the Ministry's activities during the year 2019.
Regarding heading to Libya, the sources said that the Turkish armed forces are ready to do all kinds of tasks inside and outside Turkey if they receive instructions.
Yesterday, Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expected his government to obtain a mandate from Parliament on January 8 in order to send soldiers to Libya, at the invitation of the legitimate government.
He stressed that his country will provide all kinds of support to the Tripoli government in its struggle against "the revolutionary general, Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by various European and Arab countries."
At dawn on Thursday, the Memorandum of Understanding on security and military cooperation between Turkey and Libya entered into force after its publication in the Turkish Official Gazette.
Earlier, the Libyan ambassador to Turkey Abdul Razzaq Mukhtar Abdul Qadir said that his country needs military support in air defense and special training, in light of reports that the Al-Wefaq government submitted an official request to Ankara for military, land and air support.
Since April 4, the Tripoli area has witnessed armed battles between the internationally recognized Al-Wefaq government forces and those of retired general Khalifa Haftar.