Military officials told the forces of the Libyan National Accord government that their country is fighting a war against invading mercenaries backed by states, after the retired Major General Khalifa Haftar was defeated in his attack on Tripoli, while the United Nations said that 100 - mostly civilians - were killed by mines left by Haftar forces in the southern areas of the capital Tripoli .

Al-Wefaq spokesman, Colonel Mohamed Qanounou, said yesterday - in a series of tweets on his account on Twitter - that the defeat of Haftar made his supporters remove masks, and "they came forward to lead the ruin and corruption themselves inside Libya."

Kanounou stressed - in press statements yesterday Saturday - that the liberation of Sirte and Jafra (southeast of the capital Tripoli) from Russian mercenaries has become urgent, saying, "Sirte has become the most dangerous place for peace and security in our country after it has become a focus of Russian mercenaries and criminal gangs after their expulsion from Tripoli. Tarhuna "(90 kilometers southeast of Tripoli).

He explained that "Wagner's mercenaries" made the base and its airport a base for their leadership and their expansion to control the oil fields south of the country.

In the same context, the spokesman for the Sirte and Al-Jafra operations, Abdul Hadi Drah, said that some countries ’talk about respecting Libya’s sovereignty and rejecting foreign intervention should be in deeds and not merely statements. Derah added that the forces of the Al-Wefaq government "are no longer just fighting the coup forces of Haftar, but also countries like Russia, France and the UAE," noting that the government's forces continue to prepare for the restoration of Sirte and Al-Jafra.

Sudan and Chad
Local sources from the city of Kufra (southeastern Libya) told the island that large numbers of mercenaries from Sudan and Chad arrived south of the city of Ajdabiya, where they were gathering with mercenaries from Chad, in preparation for heading to the axes west of the city of Sirte, and the al-Jafra air base in support of Haftar's forces.

The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces announced yesterday that they arrested 122 people - including 8 children - in various regions of the Darfur region (western Sudan) who were going to work as mercenaries in Libya. A force spokesman denied the presence of Sudanese forces fighting in Libya.

On the other hand, the head of the National Oil Corporation in Libya, Mustafa Sanallah, condemned the presence of those he described as foreign mercenaries in the oil sites, and described this as a blatant violation by outlaw groups.

Sanaa Allah said - during a meeting in Tripoli with the European Union’s ambassador to Libya, Alan Bugia. Closing some ports and oil fields for more than 160 days benefits other oil producing countries. The European ambassador said that the union supports the Libyan Petroleum Corporation in its efforts to reproduce production at the earliest time.

# Sirte
The Sirte Gulf Steam Power Station is exposed to theft and tampering, theft of “MAN 1.5” diesel emergency generator mounted on a type (MAN) vehicle, theft of “12 wireless devices, 15 station gas cylinders, and a visual display size (52) Inch of the control room.
Haftar militias and looting # Libya_ victorious

- Emad Fathi E. Fati (@emad_badish) June 28, 2020

On the other hand, the "Volcano Anger" operation of the Al-Wefaq government announced that the Sirte Gulf Power Station had been attacked, and robberies, and the process posted on Facebook a statement saying that Haftar forces attacked the station, and stole emergency equipment and devices.

Mines of Tripoli
In Tripoli, the United Nations Mission in Libya said yesterday that anti-personnel mines - which have been laid in the southern neighborhoods of the capital - have killed more than 100 people dead and wounded, including a large number of civilians, since the end of the fighting at the gates of the capital.

A few weeks ago, Haftar's forces were forced to withdraw towards their strongholds in the south and east of the country, after the failure of their attack on Tripoli, the headquarters of the internationally recognized government of Al-Wefaq.

The Al-Wefaq government, the United Nations, and Human Rights Watch accused Haftar's forces of leaving behind minefields in the southern suburbs of the capital.

Mines # Haftar in Tripoli afflict a mother and her son and a security component https://t.co/mqQttDN4x0# News # Libya # Libya_Al-Ahrar #Mines #Haftar #Tripoli #Medical_Medical_Tribal_Tribal_Pharmacy pic.twitter.com/P6N6s7iqpH

- Libya Alahrar TV - Libya Al-Ahrar TV (@libyaalahrartv) June 23, 2020

Mass graves
In a related context, the Commission for the Research and Identification of Missing Persons in Libya announced the discovery and recovery of 9 bodies from a mass grave in the city of Tarhuna (southeast of the capital), and the authority affiliated with the Government of Conciliation added to its Facebook page that its teams continue to comb all the sites suspected of having Their mass graves.

The Al-Wefaq government had found 11 mass graves, in the middle of this month, containing about 160 bodies, after its control of Tarhuna, which was a stronghold of Haftar's forces. Libyan sources said that many of the discovered bodies belonged to civilians executed by the pro-Hafar militia, al-Kani, on suspicion of opposing them, and that some of these bodies belonged to prisoners of war.

The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of Al-Wefaq Fayez al-Sarraj called on the International Criminal Court to send a team to urgently investigate the crimes committed by Haftar's forces.