New war fronts have opened up in Libya in recent days, with the forces of General Khalifa Haftar who bombed positions of Petroleum Defence Guards (PDG) tasked with control of oil sites Ibrahim Jadran and clashes erupted yesterday east of Tripoli between local fighters and a brigade from Misrata.
A situation which threatens to complicate the already difficult task of Fayez Sarraj GNA, supported by the international community, struggling in recent days even with the protests of the population due to lack of electricity and water in different parts of the country, including Tripoli and Benghazi.
As reported by the Libyan media, the fighters of General Haftar, head of the Libyan armed forces that meet the European authorities of the country, yesterday bombed a military base of the Guards of Jadran, loyal to GNA in Ajdabiya, located close to plants and oil fields.
Haftar argued that it was a base of terrorists, according to the Libya Herald, and Jadran has promised to respond to the attack.
Already last Saturday the Haftar forces encountered in Ajdabiya with fighters of the Defense Forces of Benghazi, a new formation branded as a terrorist by GNA, but supported by the Grand Mufti and Western Libya government Ghwell Khalifa, PM in Tripoli before and after arrival of executive UN Fayez al-Sarraj, the third government of the country in practice which continues to issue directives.
On that occasion Haftar had accused the Jadran forces had supported the new militia. In a statement reported by the Libya Herald, the Ghwell government declared that the Defense Forces want to liberate Benghazi Ajdabiya and Benghazi by the followers of the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi, making clear reference to the general Haftar (pictured below) and its Strength.
Same argument used by the Grand Mufti Sadiq Al-Gharyan, who asked the "revolutionaries" to focus on Benghazi to "fight Haftar and his soldiers", guilty of "reported in the country the Gaddafi regime and its symbols."
Speaking at the TV show "Islam and the life" by satellite Tanathuj in Gharyan called "revolutionaries'' to focus on Benghazi, after the battle of Sirte, not to attack the people, but the attackers to fight Haftar and his soldiers.
More than 200,000 innocent people have been displaced and more than 200 religious were killed and their houses burned by Haftar "added forces, as reported by Observer Libya.
According to Libya Herald this new force would be formed by Islamic militias (al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood) defeated by Haftar in Benghazi and had retired to the south west.
In the aftermath of the fighting in Ajdabiya, the president of the parliament of Tobruk, Agila Saleh, had declared a state of emergency and created a military zone from Tobruk to Ben Jawad, 150 kilometers east of Sirte, entrusting it to driving a military governor.
Just such a decision had fueled fears of clashes between the forces of Tobruk and those of Jadran, placed under the command of Ajdabiya-Sirte operations center created by the government of al Sarraj, and earlier this month they had chased the jihadists of the Islamic State ( Isis) by Ben Jawad thanks to the intervention of PFG Jadran.
Meanwhile continues the offensive against Isis in Sirte, launched on May 12 by Misurati militias who support GNA.
An operation that has so far left at least 200 dead and hundreds wounded in the pro-government forces files. Yesterday GNA has announced that soon there will be a "decisive battle" against the jihadists, "besieged in a small area of Sirte".
The Air Force of Misrata has asked civilians to leave the city of Sirte in view of heavy air strikes against the neighborhoods where they are holed up men of the Islamic State.
According to GNA sources, the militias of Misrata continue the bombing with heavy artillery against areas in IS hands, hitting precisely the warehouses of ammunition and Group locations thanks to information provided by the intelligence, probably drones and Anglo-American staff flanked by the militias of Misrata.
The battle in the city still seems tougher than expected and only yesterday were killed 34 men of Misrata militia and dozens were injured.
A councilor of Tripoli Municipality, Ahmed Wali, has asked Italy to take charge of at least 15-20 serious injuries in the battle of Sirte. "It's important. We need immediate help and I hope that your country can help us at this time. "
The Italian Air Force has already evacuated more occasions wounded in combat by Libya to treat them in Italy.
Finally, new clashes broke out yesterday at 60 kilometers east of Tripoli, just between a brigade from Misrata and local forces in the city of Qaraboulli for still unclear reasons, according to what reported by local media.
The explosion of a munitions (or firecrackers?) depot has claimed more than 30 dead and a dozen wounded.
The opening of new fronts in recent days has prompted the UN envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, to launch a new appeal for unity: "It 's essential to have a unified command of the armed forces under the supreme guide of the GNA Presidential Council. Only a united and well equipped Libya can fight militias and terrorism. "
It seems almost clear, however, the failure of the project to unify Libya under Sarraj, a leader "parachuted in" by the UN in Tripoli with the support of Turkey and Qatar, but with neither the charisma nor the representativeness to assume control not only of Libya but even of Tripoli since it does not have a credible military force but it must rely on militias which, like that of Misrata and Jadran which aim - both of them - to cultivate and strengthen private or partisan interests.
A situation which threatens to complicate the already difficult task of Fayez Sarraj GNA, supported by the international community, struggling in recent days even with the protests of the population due to lack of electricity and water in different parts of the country, including Tripoli and Benghazi.
As reported by the Libyan media, the fighters of General Haftar, head of the Libyan armed forces that meet the European authorities of the country, yesterday bombed a military base of the Guards of Jadran, loyal to GNA in Ajdabiya, located close to plants and oil fields.
Haftar argued that it was a base of terrorists, according to the Libya Herald, and Jadran has promised to respond to the attack.
Already last Saturday the Haftar forces encountered in Ajdabiya with fighters of the Defense Forces of Benghazi, a new formation branded as a terrorist by GNA, but supported by the Grand Mufti and Western Libya government Ghwell Khalifa, PM in Tripoli before and after arrival of executive UN Fayez al-Sarraj, the third government of the country in practice which continues to issue directives.
On that occasion Haftar had accused the Jadran forces had supported the new militia. In a statement reported by the Libya Herald, the Ghwell government declared that the Defense Forces want to liberate Benghazi Ajdabiya and Benghazi by the followers of the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi, making clear reference to the general Haftar (pictured below) and its Strength.
Same argument used by the Grand Mufti Sadiq Al-Gharyan, who asked the "revolutionaries" to focus on Benghazi to "fight Haftar and his soldiers", guilty of "reported in the country the Gaddafi regime and its symbols."
Speaking at the TV show "Islam and the life" by satellite Tanathuj in Gharyan called "revolutionaries'' to focus on Benghazi, after the battle of Sirte, not to attack the people, but the attackers to fight Haftar and his soldiers.
More than 200,000 innocent people have been displaced and more than 200 religious were killed and their houses burned by Haftar "added forces, as reported by Observer Libya.
According to Libya Herald this new force would be formed by Islamic militias (al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood) defeated by Haftar in Benghazi and had retired to the south west.
In the aftermath of the fighting in Ajdabiya, the president of the parliament of Tobruk, Agila Saleh, had declared a state of emergency and created a military zone from Tobruk to Ben Jawad, 150 kilometers east of Sirte, entrusting it to driving a military governor.
Just such a decision had fueled fears of clashes between the forces of Tobruk and those of Jadran, placed under the command of Ajdabiya-Sirte operations center created by the government of al Sarraj, and earlier this month they had chased the jihadists of the Islamic State ( Isis) by Ben Jawad thanks to the intervention of PFG Jadran.
Meanwhile continues the offensive against Isis in Sirte, launched on May 12 by Misurati militias who support GNA.
An operation that has so far left at least 200 dead and hundreds wounded in the pro-government forces files. Yesterday GNA has announced that soon there will be a "decisive battle" against the jihadists, "besieged in a small area of Sirte".
The Air Force of Misrata has asked civilians to leave the city of Sirte in view of heavy air strikes against the neighborhoods where they are holed up men of the Islamic State.
According to GNA sources, the militias of Misrata continue the bombing with heavy artillery against areas in IS hands, hitting precisely the warehouses of ammunition and Group locations thanks to information provided by the intelligence, probably drones and Anglo-American staff flanked by the militias of Misrata.
The battle in the city still seems tougher than expected and only yesterday were killed 34 men of Misrata militia and dozens were injured.
A councilor of Tripoli Municipality, Ahmed Wali, has asked Italy to take charge of at least 15-20 serious injuries in the battle of Sirte. "It's important. We need immediate help and I hope that your country can help us at this time. "
The Italian Air Force has already evacuated more occasions wounded in combat by Libya to treat them in Italy.
Finally, new clashes broke out yesterday at 60 kilometers east of Tripoli, just between a brigade from Misrata and local forces in the city of Qaraboulli for still unclear reasons, according to what reported by local media.
The explosion of a munitions (or firecrackers?) depot has claimed more than 30 dead and a dozen wounded.
The opening of new fronts in recent days has prompted the UN envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, to launch a new appeal for unity: "It 's essential to have a unified command of the armed forces under the supreme guide of the GNA Presidential Council. Only a united and well equipped Libya can fight militias and terrorism. "
It seems almost clear, however, the failure of the project to unify Libya under Sarraj, a leader "parachuted in" by the UN in Tripoli with the support of Turkey and Qatar, but with neither the charisma nor the representativeness to assume control not only of Libya but even of Tripoli since it does not have a credible military force but it must rely on militias which, like that of Misrata and Jadran which aim - both of them - to cultivate and strengthen private or partisan interests.
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