Libya .. Aqeela Saleh hints at an Egyptian military intervention request, and Al-Sarraj meets with Erdogan

The head of the Tobruk Parliament in Libya, Aqila Saleh, said today in the Egyptian parliament that if foreign intervention occurs in Libya, “then they may have to invite the Egyptian army to intervene.” While the President of the Presidential Council of the Accord Government, Fayez al-Sarraj, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul hours after the entry into force The truce between the Al-Wefaq forces and the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, who is supported by the Tobruk parliament.

The Speaker of the Tobruk Parliament stated before the members of the Egyptian Parliament that the Skhirat Agreement no longer exists on the ground in Libya, which was the result of the national reconciliation government led by Al-Sarraj, which is internationally recognized.

This is the first time that Saleh hints at the possibility of requesting direct Egyptian military intervention in the Libyan crisis, after Cairo has in recent years provided continuous military support to Haftar forces seeking to extend their control over the entire Libyan territory.

The remarks of the Tobruk Parliament Speaker come hours after a ceasefire took effect in Tripoli in the middle of last night after an invitation from Turkey and Russia, which is the first time in the history of the armed conflict in Libya that a truce takes effect under pressure from countries described as influencing the international community, such as Turkey and Russia, after More than nine months of battles in Tripoli.

OS and Erdogan
On the other hand, sources told Al-Jazeera that the discussions of Al-Sarraj and Erdogan today focus on the ceasefire, and the Berlin International Conference on the Libyan Crisis to be held at the end of this month, and the Turkish presidency did not disclose in a statement on the talks details of what happened between the two men.

A few days ago, Ankara sent vanguard of its soldiers to the areas of the Al-Wefaq government, to assist its forces in responding to the Haftar attack, according to a security and military memorandum of understanding concluded between the governments of Tripoli and Ankara a few weeks ago.

In a related context, the Algerian Foreign Ministry announced today that a high-level Libyan delegation from the government affiliated with Major General Haftar visited the country yesterday, Saturday, and discussed with the senior officials of the Libyan crisis.

A spokesman for the ministry said that the visit is part of Algeria's efforts to bring views between all Libyan parties in order to return to the path of comprehensive dialogue with a view to reaching a political solution to the crisis.

Field situation
On the ground, Libyan military sources said that Haftar's forces violated a ceasefire today in the Ain Zara axis in Tripoli, which resulted in the death of one of the reconciliation forces.

She added that Haftar forces fired mortar shells at the locations of the al-Wefaq forces in the Salah al-Din axis.

In contrast, Major General al-Mabrouk al-Ghazwi, commander of the Haftar Forces, said that "the militias violated the armistice on more than one axis with all types of weapons," stressing the continued commitment of the Haftar forces to a ceasefire.

The Turkish Defense Ministry said that it has detected that the two sides are trying to adhere to the ceasefire, and that the conditions are calm except for "one or two separate incidents."

It is noteworthy that since the forces of Haftar began their attack on Tripoli in early April this year, more than 280 civilians have been killed, according to the United Nations, which also indicates the killing of more than two thousand fighters and the displacement of 146 thousand due to the ongoing battles in this country mired in chaos since the fall of the regime Muammar Gaddafi at the end of the year 2011.