Libyan Army Accuses Turkey of Providing Military Support to Brotherhood

Libyan National Army (LNA) members head out of Benghazi to reinforce troops advancing towards Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya, April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo
Libyan National Army (LNA) members head out of Benghazi to reinforce troops advancing towards Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya, April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo
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Libyan Army Accuses Turkey of Providing Military Support to Brotherhood

Libyan National Army (LNA) members head out of Benghazi to reinforce troops advancing towards Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya, April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo
Libyan National Army (LNA) members head out of Benghazi to reinforce troops advancing towards Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya, April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo

Karama operations media center of the Libyan National Army (LNA) has said ‘Turkish drones’ had targeted several regions in the south of the capital Tripoli.

The center accused Turkey of making a “blatant intervention in support of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood and its militias despite a UN Security Council arms embargo on Libya.”

LNA’s Brigadier General Fawzi al-Mansouri said that his forces thwarted Tuesday an attack conducted by militias loyal to Fayez al-Sarraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA). They attacked Tripoli’s former international airport but they ended up with heavy casualties, Mansouri added.

Military sources in Sarraj’s government said that its forces launched an attack on at least four fronts in an attempt to force the LNA to withdraw. They noted that the attacks included airstrikes on army positions near Tripoli.

Moreover, the GNA announced that Undersecretary of Housing and Utilities Ministry Salah al-Din al-Ruqaie was killed while fighting alongside pro-Sarraj militias on Monday.

On its Facebook page, the ministry mourned Ruqaie and affirmed that he was on the frontlines of Tripoli before getting killed.

Karama operations media center, further, unveiled that the GNA’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has officially requested Malta’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to permit the passage of three flights coming from Sabiha Gokcen International Airport starting Wednesday until June 25.

The center said that these flights will most likely carry arms, ammunition and mercenaries, stressing that Malta should not be party to the Libyan conflict.

Moreover, it accused High Council of State chief Khalid al-Mishri of recruiting children and attempting to form a battalion of children and youths from Hararat region. It also said that Mishri has recruited around 20 juveniles to fight alongside the militias in return for money.



Israeli Settlers Raid West Bank Town, Troops Kill 3 Palestinians

People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)
People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)
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Israeli Settlers Raid West Bank Town, Troops Kill 3 Palestinians

People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)
People gather around the body of a Palestinian who was killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, at a hospital in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian West Bank town on Wednesday, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli forces killing three Palestinians, the Israeli military and Palestinian authorities said.

Three Palestinians were killed and seven wounded in the violence in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said.

An Israeli military statement said dozens of Israelis set fire to property, and military and police forces were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report of ensuing violence that included an exchange of stone-throwing.

The military statement said several Palestinians opened fire and hurled rocks at the forces, who returned the fire. Five Israeli suspects were arrested. An Israeli army officer was lightly wounded.

Video footage showed at least two cars had been set ablaze. Reuters could not independently verify the video.

Hussein al-Sheikh, the deputy to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, posted on X: "The government of Israel, with its behavior and decisions, is pushing the region to explode."

"We call on the international community to intervene urgently to protect our Palestinian people," he said.

Earlier on Wednesday a Palestinian boy was shot dead by the Israeli army during a raid on Al-Yamun, a West Bank town west of Jenin, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.