LNA Vows to Respond to Turkish Drone Attack on Food Convoy
Arab World
Cairo - Khalid Mahmoud
Libya’s National Army (LNA) has accused Turkey of killing at least five civilians and their companions of expatriate workers in the country’s west. A Turkish drone struck a food truck convoy late Monday near the district of Mizda, 184 kilometers south of Tripoli. A counter-attack will be certainly launched in retaliation to the attack, LNA Spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari pledged in a statement on Tuesday. Fayez al-Sarraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has claimed responsibility for the attack, however denying targeting civilians. It said the attack targeted “trucks carrying equipment and ammunition for the LNA’s operation against Tripoli.” For his part, Mismari stressed that the attack came against Libyans and Arabs, pointing out that after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to face LNA’s forces, he resorted to bombing food convoys, open areas far from fighting fronts and safe cities and towns. Meanwhile, spokesman for the GNA said on Tuesday that their air force bombed two trucks carrying logistical equipment and ammunition on their way to supply LNA forces south Tripoli. He also indicated that the forces launched five strikes on Monday evening, during which they targeted military vehicles and LNA elements at al-Watiya airbase, 125 km (80 miles) west of Tripoli. In turn, pro-Sarraj media announced on Tuesday that the LNA forces have bombed civilian homes in the city of Maslata with more than 65 Grad rockets, causing casualties and damage to residential neighborhoods in the city. Meanwhile, LNA forces continued shelling Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport, which they say is used by Turkish soldiers as a headquarters for the operations launched by pro-Sarraj militias.
from Asharq AL-awsat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2258691/lna-vows-respond-turkish-drone-attack-food-convoy
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