The government of national consensus threw itself into a counteroffensive.
This was reported by the publication “Almashhaf Libya”.
According to media reports, armed groups loyal to Faiz Saraj and his so-called Government of National Accord are trying to break through the front line. The task of the militants is to disperse the units of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Haliyy Haftar. Tripoli believes that this will eventually allow access to the territory controlled by the LNA.
The onset of the militants unfolded in the areas of al-Vishka and Abu Quraine, where battles using heavy artillery are already recorded.
As News Front previously reported, Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army resumed its offensive on Tripoli late last year. The government of national consensus in response requested support from Ankara, after which loyal Turkish jihadists who fought in Syria came to the aid of local militants.
The Libyan crisis began in 2011. Then, during the armed coup, Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown, which entailed the creation of dual power in the country. So, in Tripoli, with the support of the West, the so-called Government of National Accord was formed, which refused to recognize the Libyan parliament in the city of Tobruk, who nominated General Haftar to the post of commander.