The success of the operation against the Haftar forces is associated with the use of aircraft - Turkish channels
Turkish media outlets describe the defeat of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Marshal Khalifa Haftar at Al-Vatiy Air Base, south of Tripoli. Turkish television reports say that the success of the operation against Haftar’s troops is related to the use of funds aviation.
It is noted that for the shelling of the LNA air base from the air, shock Drones. Eyewitnesses report at least a dozen used UAVs. What specific drones they were, is not called. However, it can be assumed that we are talking about Turkish Bayraktar UAVs. The Turkish military contingent in Libya had previously lost several such unmanned vehicles. According to some reports, they were destroyed by the Pantsir air defense missile systems delivered to the country from the United Arab Emirates. On the eve it became known that one of these complexes itself became a trophy of the forces controlled by Fayez Saraj. In turn, Saraca is supported by Ankara in this war.
Turkish media say that aviation also attacked the forces of Khalifa Haftar retreating from Al-Vatiya. In particular, a convoy of VLA vehicles was fired at in the area of the village of Tichi on the border with Tunisia.
Meanwhile, the Sarajah government said that "the putschists got what they deserve." According to the Libyan Prime Minister, "the territories that were illegally held by the putschists led by Haftar were liberated."
Recall that earlier in the media there was information about the transfer to Libyan territory not only of the militants from Syrian Idlib, who are suspected of being controlled by the Turkish special services, but also of soldiers of Turkish special forces. It was these forces that became the shock fist that attacked the LNA positions in Al-Vatiya after using unmanned aerial vehicles.
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