Operation "Berkane Fury" of the Al-Wefaq government in Libya announced that its air defenses shot down an Emirati droning plane that was providing support to the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, east of the city of Misurata.
The Facebook page published a video of the plane's crash, in addition to a group of pictures said to be "for the inspection team and the collection of the wreckage of the UAE plane."
The Presidential Council of the Al-Wefaq government accused what he described as aggressive militias by continuing to violate the armistice and to direct its missiles towards residential neighborhoods.
He also held the countries sponsoring the armistice responsible for Hifter's failure to adhere to it, describing it as the aggressor party that has no covenant, and indicated that he would have to review his participation in any upcoming dialogues in light of the continuing violations.
Condemn violations
Politically, Stephen Dujarric, a spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, quoted the United Nations Support Mission in Libya as condemning the ongoing violations of the arms embargo to that country.
Dujarric said that the mission had reported these violations in eastern and western Libya during the past ten days, that is, after the Berlin Conference.
The UN mission said that many other shipments and flights were seen over the past ten days landing in Libyan airports in the western and eastern part of the country, providing the parties with advanced weapons, armored vehicles, advisers and fighters.
In this context, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Haftar and those he described as mercenaries who stand with him are supported by external parties, headed by the Abu Dhabi government.
Erdogan added that the head of the Al-Wefaq government, Fayez al-Sarraj, is an internationally recognized leader "As for Haftar, he is a coup d'état who heads a mercenary group that is supported by external parties," stressing the presence of Turkish military groups in Libya for the purpose of training and by a decision of Parliament.
He stressed - in press statements on the plane, as he was going from Algeria to the Gambia - that Al-Sarraj had made a successful test in Moscow, and had sided with the agreement in Berlin. As for the other side, it has continuously evaded all tracks aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis.
Ahmed Al-Mesmari, a spokesman for Hifter's forces, stressed that "the solution in Libya is not a political one, but rather it brings about fighting and war against terrorists," as he described it.