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UAE suspected of killing 50 in air strike on Libya migrant detention centre November 7, 2019 A UN report has found that a foreign air force was behind an air strike on a Libyan migrant detention centre which killed over 50 people, with strong suspicion pointing towards the UAE.The findings by the UN’s Security Council group of experts concluded that the rocket attack on 2 July on the Tajoura holding centre in Tripoli, killing at least 53 and wounding 130, was likely carried out by a Mirage 2000-9 fighter jet, representing one of the worst single atrocities of the Libyan civil war and a potential war crime.Although the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), headed by General Khalifa Haftar does not possess such an aircraft, they are used by the air forces of Haftar’s main backers, Egypt and the UAE.More at: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191107-uae-suspected-of-killing-50-in-air-strike-on-libya-migrant-detention-centre/
UAE Jets Suspected Of Being Behind Attack On Nigerian Migrants In LibyaIt is highly probable that the air strike was carried out using precision-guided missiles by a fighter jet operated by a UN member state acting in direct support of Haftar Armed Forces.by SaharaReporters, New York Nov 06, 2019Sources have told the BBC that fighter jets from the United Arab Emirates might have launched the precision missile, which killed nine Nigerians and 44 other migrants in Libya in June. A confidential report to be presented to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday did not name the country involved but said it is highly probable that a foreign jet launched the guided weapon on behalf of Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army.The report said, “An unknown number of Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets were operating from two airbases inside Libya at the time of the strike.Read more at: http://saharareporters.com/2019/11/06/uae-jets-suspected-being-behind-attack-nigerian-migrants-libya
Rakha Hassan, a member of the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Council, agrees with Khotabi. He told Al-Monitor that the last meeting in Cairo was held to coordinate positions and seeks to unify parliament members to support Hifter and strengthen his front and negotiation cards prior to the conference in Berlin. He added that Egypt and the UAE are Hifter’s regional supporters in the face of the GNA that includes the Muslim Brotherhood and is backed by Turkey and Qatar. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/10/cairo-meeting-parliamentarians-libya-ahead-berlin-conference.html
