Libyan Defence News

The ongoing civil war in Libya and the danger of the intervention of foreign forces to turn the war into a regional one led to one of the expected proposals, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing own local sources.

An air defense system that was available to the forces of the Government of the National Accord of Libya shot down a helicopter carrying Russian mercenaries from the private paramilitary company Wagner

The readiness to accept any decision of the Libyan government, except for the one in which Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar participates, was expressed by the plenipotentiary Minister of Defense in GNA on September 20

In Libya, the political leaderships at the head of the two factions that have fought each other in recent years are jumping. For some weeks there have been riots and popular demonstrations in Tripolitania governed by Fayea al Sarraj

Turkey and Russia have come close to a ceasefire and the Libyan political process during their recent meetings in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with CNN Turk, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Even with this premise, the news that the LNA has put into service Soviet-made R-17 (Scud B) ballistic missiles formerly belonging to Gaddafi's army deserves some attention.

At 7 am on 10 September the German frigate Hamburg assigned to Operation EUNAVFOR MED Irini blocked and inspected the freighter Royal Diamond 7 in international waters on suspicion that the its cargo violated the arms embargo on Libya.

The Libyan National Army , led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, received a repaired Soviet Dolphin-class warship under Project 1159, with the help of which it should repel possible Turkish attacks off the coast of Libya

A number of countries, including Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the parties to the Libyan conflict supported by them, have been seen in violation of the UN embargo on arms supplies to Libya

The Italian website "Itamil Radar" confirmed that a Turkish spy aircraft Boeing E-7T No. 002-13, with a call signal TURAF27, after taking off from the Turkish air base of Konya, flew in the area between Tripoli and Misrata

According to the GNA intelligence, the transferred contingent includes fighters from "the Sudanese Janjaweed, Wagner's group, mercenaries from Syria and Yemen."

As reported by local observers via social media, the Mi-17 multi-role helicopter belonging to the rebel air force of the Libyan National Army (LNA) was captured by the forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA)

The agreement on the establishment of a Turkish naval base in the Libyan city of Misrata was signed by Turkey, Qatar and the Government of National Accord (GNA, based in Tripoli) of Libya, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing TASS.

During the proxy war, the sky over Libya was filled with Turkish and Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles, Russian MiG-29 fighters and front-line bombers Su-24, Mirage 2000 of the United Arab Emirates Air Force.

Unidentified aircraft attacked the Al-Watiya airbase, Turkey's key foothold in Libya, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing the russian news agency Izvestia. Most of Ankara's military aircraft arrive there.

The Lebanese news agency Al-Masdar News claims that the forces led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar carried out a series of airstrikes on the forces of the Government of National Accord yesterday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.