Yesterday, Tuesday, the forces of retired Libyan Major General Khalifa Haftar clashed with the fighters of the Chadian opposition Accord Front, which led to deaths and injuries between the two sides.
The clashes took place in the Turbo region in southern Libya, where several factions of the Chadian opposition are based, according to Al Jazeera sources.
Six of Haftar's forces were killed and others were wounded, and from the side of the "Al-Wefaq" front, 10 armed elements were killed, according to the sources.
Sources from the Chadian opposition confirmed to the island that Haftar's forces lost a number of their armed vehicles in these clashes.
Earlier, Haftar's forces announced that they had launched air strikes on the sites of what they described as terrorist groups and the Chadian opposition in the vicinity of the Tarbo area.
"Libya Al-Hadath" channel, the media arm of Haftar, said that "the special task force in Major General Tariq bin Ziyad Al-Muazziz carried out extensive military operations targeting mercenaries and elements of the Chadian opposition stationed on Libyan soil" near the border with Chad.
She added that during these military operations, "their positions were targeted in the Tarbo area on the southern border."
For its part, the "Al-Wefaq" Front confirmed that its positions were attacked by Haftar's forces, backed by Sudanese assistants and French officers, who it said were tasked with firing mortars.
The Chadian opposition stressed that the battles took place "on Chadian territory."
Many Chadian armed rebel groups are stationed in Libya, Sudan or border areas between Chad and these two countries, including the Chadian Change and Accord Front (FACT), which launched on April 11 an attack on the capital, N'Djamena, during which former Chadian President Idriss Deby was killed 3 decades later. He spent it with power.
Following the killing of his father, General Mohamed Deby announced in April the formation of a transitional military council headed by him and proclaiming himself President of the Republic, pledging to hold "free and democratic" elections at the end of an 18-month transitional period that can be extended.