After the deadline expires, Libyan army is bombing Misurata, preparing to storm it

​​​​​​​Libyan aircraft began air strikes on the city of Misurata since yesterday evening, in preparation for its storming, amid fierce battles in the capital, Tripoli, after the deadline granted by the Libyan army leadership to the fighters to withdraw.

After the deadline expires, Libyan army is bombing Misurata, preparing to storm it
26 December, 2019   08:28
NEWS DESK

The Media Center for the Libyan Army Operations on Facebook stated that the raids targeted command centers and weapons stores in the city center, as well as sites of Misurata militants in the outskirts of the city of Sirte, whose army and vehicles are mobilizing in its outskirt for about two weeks in preparation to enter them after the deadline.

The Libyan army spokesman, Ahmed al-Mismari, had promised, last Friday, to continue bombing Misrata in the event that the city forces did not withdraw from Tripoli and Sirte, within 3 days, which was supposed to end on Sunday evening, before al-Mismari announced its extension.

Military units of the Libyan National Army took control of several areas and neighborhoods in the capital, Tripoli, amid a military reinforcement on the outskirts of the capital, in preparation for the zero hour and entering the capital.

Elements of the 166th Infantry Battalion, affiliated with the Libyan National Army, took control of al-Zuhoor neighborhood in the capital, Tripoli, and military units roamed the neighborhood, after controlling it, while the army also took control of the passport building in Salah Al-Din area in Tripoli, after a fierce battle against the armed militias.

The information added that large military build-up is preparing to advance further into the capital, while military units are engaged in violent clashes in the axes of Tripoli, and control of new sites south of the capital.

Libya is witnessing a regional and international conflict, against the backdrop of Turkish efforts to support its armed groups, after it signed agreements with the Al-Wefaq government, which is headed by Faiz al-Sarraj, which sparked international outrage.

(T/S)

ANHA