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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 06, 2019, 04:46:55 pm
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Haftar forces destroy 'Turkish plane' in new round of Libya airstrikes
The New Arab & agencies
It follows a deadly airstrike on a residential area of a south Libya town.
Libyan forces allied to militia leader Khalifa Haftar launched air strikes early Tuesday against a government airbase in third city Misrata, hours after a bombing in the south of the country left 42 people dead.
"Our air force carried out several raids against the Misrata airbase, targeting anti-air defences as well as a Turkish aircraft transporting ammunition, drones and missiles," Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/8/6/haftar-forces-destroy-turkish-plane-in-new-libya-airstrike (https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/8/6/haftar-forces-destroy-turkish-plane-in-new-libya-airstrike)
Nothing to do here but be an onlooker.