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Tracking Website Reveals Turkish Aircraft Heading to Libya’s Watiya Air Base

A European aircraft flight tracking website has revealed an increased number of cargo flights from Turkey to western Libya. (Reuters)
A European aircraft flight tracking website has revealed an increased number of cargo flights from Turkey to western Libya. (Reuters)
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Tracking Website Reveals Turkish Aircraft Heading to Libya’s Watiya Air Base

A European aircraft flight tracking website has revealed an increased number of cargo flights from Turkey to western Libya. (Reuters)
A European aircraft flight tracking website has revealed an increased number of cargo flights from Turkey to western Libya. (Reuters)

A European aircraft flight tracking website has revealed an increased number of cargo flights from Turkey to western Libya.

Three military aircraft (Airbus A400M) landed in al-Watiya Air Base coming from Konya, according to Flightradar24, a Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time commercial aircraft flight tracking information on a map.

A Falcon 900DX affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA) took off from Tripoli's Mitiga airport to Turkey.

A Turkish military analyst said that a number of advanced Turkish attack helicopters were moved to al-Watiya base, adding that preparations are underway to transport six F-16.

Itamilradar, a website on military aircraft tracking in Italy and the Mediterranean, disclosed on Thursday movements of Turkish military transport aircraft above the central and eastern Mediterranean towards Libya.

The website noted that it tracked two Turkish Air Force flights between Misrata and Turkey, revealing that Ankara was still supplying the GNA with military support in spite of an agreement between rival factions for such activity to stop.

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Lebanon Warns Hamas against Acts That Harm Its Security

Civil defense workers and Lebanese soldiers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP)
Civil defense workers and Lebanese soldiers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP)
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Lebanon Warns Hamas against Acts That Harm Its Security

Civil defense workers and Lebanese soldiers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP)
Civil defense workers and Lebanese soldiers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP)

Lebanon's top security body on Friday warned Hamas against using the country's territory for acts that undermine national security, after rocket fire towards Israel sparked retaliatory strikes.

The Higher Defense Council said it had recommended the government warn Hamas "against using Lebanese territory for any acts that undermine Lebanese national security".

The council headed by President Joseph Aoun added that "the utmost measures and necessary procedures will be taken to put a definitive end to any act that violates Lebanese sovereignty".

Last month, the Lebanese army arrested Lebanese and Palestinian individuals accused of firing rockets towards Israel on March 22 and March 28.

No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which fought a war against Israel last year, denying any involvement.

A Lebanese security source told AFP security forces arrested three Hamas members.

The Palestinian group claimed responsibility for occasional attacks on Israel from Lebanon during the war.

In its statement, the council said Aoun stressed Lebanon must not be used as a launchpad for instability or be dragged into unnecessary wars.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said illegal weapons must be handed over and that Hamas and other factions must not "undermine security and national stability".

The council also said legal proceedings would begin early next week against those detained over the rocket fire.

Israel has continued to strike Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed in November to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah that included a bombing campaign and ground incursion.

Under the deal, Hezbollah was to withdraw north of the Litani River and dismantle military sites to its south.

Israel was to pull out of southern Lebanon but has kept troops in five positions it calls "strategic".