The American Wall Street Journal quoted a diplomat at the United Nations as saying that the UAE had increased shipments of weapons and military supplies to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, in order to save his military campaign in Libya.
According to the diplomat, who has seen a confidential report of the expert committee of the sanctions committee for Libya, the UAE has violated the arms embargo and has stepped up military support for Haftar to contain Turkish influence in the country as well.
The American newspaper stated that the UAE Air Force sent between January and April last about 150 flights that UN experts believe carry ammunition and defense systems, in addition to dozens of flights during the summer using a US military transport plane, "C-17" (C-). 17) that lasted even after the failure of Haftar's attack on Tripoli.
According to the newspaper, the UAE is also accused of using ships to transport aviation fuel to Libya for military purposes, in violation of the arms embargo.
In a related field development, the spokesman for the Libyan Government of National Accord forces, Colonel Muhammad Qununu, said that the intelligence and information analysis unit of the Operations Command monitored the fortification of mercenaries around the Al-Jafra air base in more than 31 sites, in a circle of 25 kilometers in diameter, and the fortification of other sites inside the base next to the runway, in This September.
Qununu added in a blog post published by Operation Volcano Anger of the Government of National Accord, that the fortification of the Al-Jafra air base came after previous movements that coincided with a military build-up in the vicinity of the city of Sirte, in the center of the country, and at the Brak Al-Shati air base in the south of the country.
The spokesman for the Government of National Accord forces also confirmed the readiness of his forces to deal with any threat, respond to the sources of fire, and await instructions from the leadership.