The Sirte Al-Jufra Operations Room within the forces of the Government of National Accord announced full readiness to deal with any action by the forces of the retired Major General Khalifa Haftar in the cities of Sirte and Al-Jufrah, in light of the movements of mercenaries in there, and Haftar's forces cut off communications and the Internet from the city, two days after the President of the Government of National Accord announced Fayez al-Sarraj and the Speaker of the Tobruk Parliament, Aguila Saleh, agreed on an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Libya.
The Military Chamber called on the concerned authorities to shoulder their responsibilities towards the reconciliation government forces stationed in the axes near the cities of Sirte and Al-Jufrah.
The spokesman for the Sirte Al-Jafra Operations Room, Brigadier General Al-Hadi Dara, confirmed the continuation of the military movements inside the city of Sirte, with the landing of a Russian Antonov plane at Al-Qardabiya military base in Sirte on Sunday.
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Dara added that "the conditions in Sirte are tragic in light of the continuing violations of human rights and the systematic killing by Russian mercenaries and Janjaweed of Libyan citizens inside the city of Sirte when they approach the Russian military gatherings."
Dara told Al-Jazeera Net that communications and the Internet have been cut off from the city of Sirte for days, for fear of protest from the people of Sirte against the presence of mercenaries, in addition to the fact that Haftar's militias do not want to clarify the true picture of the Libyans of what is happening in Sirte and its environs.
Drah added that in addition to the mercenaries, the "supporters of Saif Gaddafi" are active, which are small groups that try to leave every time in Sirte, and their mission is to provoke public opinion, sabotage electricity wires, cut water and destroy infrastructure, "noting that the armed militias inside Sirte have not announced yet Official affiliation to Saif Gaddafi.
Absolute Russian control, the
head of the Astrolabe Center for Studies, Abdul Salam Al-Rajhi, confirmed that the cities of Sirte and Al-Jufrah are currently under full Russian military control, and are subject to the Russian decision after Moscow intervened to support Haftar militarily.
Al-Rajhi said to Al-Jazeera Net that "Russia's project in Libya is to support Saif Gaddafi to succeed his father in power, and the results of the investigations with the Russian Wagner Company elements arrested in Tripoli confirmed that Moscow supports Gaddafi's son, and met him twice, which indicates that Haftar is a temporary bridge." To implement this Russian plan. "
Al-Rajhi believes that the city of Sirte is subject to a tribal balance that makes it difficult for the supporters of Saif Gaddafi to make a major move, in addition to the major Libyan powers that do not accept the return of the former regime in any way, after the heavy sacrifices since the events of the Libyan revolution.
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Stop fighting
and after the meeting, the Presidential Council stressed the importance of the resumption of the political process on the basis of clear no place for those who contaminated their hands with the blood of the Libyans, stressing the civil state and rejected the rule of the military, stressing that the parliamentary and presidential elections is the goal to reach a permanent stable political stage.
The Prime Minister of the National Accord Government issued instructions for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all Libyan lands, and for the cities of Sirte and Al-Jufra to be demilitarized.
For its part, the Supreme Council of State strongly refused to negotiate with Haftar, a day after the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Tobruk Parliament announced their agreement on an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Libya.
A process in the rule of the unknown
And political analyst Musa Tahi believes that the ceasefire in Sirte is still in the rule of the unknown, because there is no clear road map or real guarantees that will force Haftar to cease fire.
He added, "Some countries that support Haftar are still sticking to the military option, despite showing their welcome for the cease-fire in Sirte and Jufrah - such as the UAE and Egypt - because they wanted to bring Haftar to power for years."
And Tehio considered that the capabilities of the Libyan people and their political gains should move away from any division negotiations between countries that covet Libya's bounties, which were strongly supportive of the war on Tripoli and participate in the bloodshed of the Libyans.
Tehio told Al-Jazeera Net that declaring a ceasefire in the cities of Sirte and Al-Jufrah without real guarantees without return is a waste of time and a repetition of previous scenarios that deepened the Libyan crisis and increased the suffering of the Libyan people.