Sarraj Deputy Quits, Voices Support for Libyan National Army

Libyan National Army members. (Reuters)
Libyan National Army members. (Reuters)
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Sarraj Deputy Quits, Voices Support for Libyan National Army

Libyan National Army members. (Reuters)
Libyan National Army members. (Reuters)

Deputy chief of the Presidential Council, Ali al-Qatrani announced his resignation and voiced his support for the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) operation on the capital Tripoli.

He said that Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Sarraj was being “controlled” by militias and such action “will only lead Libya towards more suffering and division.”

In a statement, he hailed the LNA march on Tripoli that is aimed at ridding it of terrorist and criminal gangs.

Through the encouragement of these militias, Sarraj has violated the political agreement on Libya by abusing the privileges granted to him as head of the Presidential Council, Qatrani charged.



Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by ISIS in Syria

A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)
A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)
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Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by ISIS in Syria

A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)
A member of the SDF in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (AFP file)

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack b ISIS militants on a checkpoint in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor on July 31.

The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated ISIS in 2019 after the group captured large swathes of Syria and Iraq.

ISIS has been trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the West and Asia. Deir Ezzor city was captured by the group in 2014, but the Syrian army retook it in 2017.