Al-Wefaq forces announced that they had taken control of the Al-Washaka area surrounding the city of Sirte, and launched attacks and raids on the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, whose soldiers began to flee the city, located 450 kilometers east of Tripoli.
Brigadier Ibrahim Ahmed Bait Al-Mal said that their forces were able to take control of the Al-Washeka area, and were advancing in the area of Buwirat Al-Hasswan, 95 km from the city of Sirte.
Colonel Abd al-Hadi Dirah explained that the Al-Wefaq forces targeted Grad vehicles for Haftar forces in the Al-Washeka area, east of Misrata, which were hindering the progress of the Al-Wefaq forces.
Al-Wefaq forces announced that they had detected a large terror movement and escape for Haftar soldiers and his mercenaries from Sirte.
This comes hours after the launch of Operation "Paths of Victory" to liberate the cities and towns in the east and center of the country, foremost of which are Sirte and Jafra, from Haftar's forces.
A spokesman for the Al-Wefaq government forces said in a press statement that the Air Force carried out 5 air strikes in the vicinity of Sirte targeting armed vehicles "for the Haftar terrorist and mercenary militias." Among these vehicles are Emirati armored vehicles.
"Our forces have been instructed to begin the offensive, to advance, to strike, with force and firmness, to all rebel hotspots in Al-Washaka and Sirte," said Colonel Tayyar Muhammad Qanunu.
He stressed that any target that poses a threat - fixed or mobile - will be targeted and bombed along the Libyan territories without exception, and there is no red line.
Cemetery of the rebellion and
warned that Libya will be the cemetery of those who chose to rebel against it and threaten its security and safety, as he put it.
Earlier, the Al-Wefaq government said that notables from Sirte were offering to hand it over to the legitimate government.
Al-Wefaq forces are achieving accelerated field gains after Haftar's forces expelled all of the Libyan West and regained control of the cities of Al-Jafra and Bani Walid during the past twenty-four hours.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Libya, quoting the mayor of Bani Walid Salem Noir, said that African mercenaries and Haftar forces had fled the city's airport to the Al-Jufra region and its air base in central Libya.
For his part, President of the Presidential Council of the Al-Wefaq Government, Fayez al-Sarraj, renewed the determination to extend state control over all Libyan territory.
As for Turkey's special envoy to Libya, God Eshler, he said that the recent victories achieved by the internationally recognized Libyan government are a big step on the path to achieving a strong, democratic and civil Libya.
Ishler stated in a series of tweets on Twitter that the liberation of Tarhuna from the Haftar militia is a great step towards achieving Libya that will embrace all segments of the Libyan people.
He explained that "the principled and honorable policy pursued by Turkey in Libya has borne fruit, and the historical resistance that the Libyan people and their country have faced in the face of the coup has Haftar enabled it to eliminate the security risks that may face Tripoli."
Attack and justification
On the other hand, Haftar forces shelled a site for the Al-Wefaq forces in the Abu Qarain axis, east of Misrata, without causing casualties.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that Emirati Haftar drones bombed Al-Wefaq government forces in Tarhuna.
Haftar's forces justified their withdrawal from the Libyan West by their desire to keep the capital out of the fighting and provide an opportunity for a political solution.
Haftar's forces spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said that his forces had yielded to the pressure of major countries on the necessity of a ceasefire and the resumption of the "5 + 5" committee meetings to make the political, economic and security track succeed.