LNA Says It Shot Down Another UCAV, Struck Turkish Operations Room
The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced on September 25 that it had shot down a Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) near the country’s capital, Tripoli.
“Our air-defense systems managed to shot down a Turkish aircraft that was targeting our troops in the axis of Tripoli,” the LNA’s media center said in a press release.
The media center also claimed that army units destroyed a “Turkish operations room” near the town of Abugrein, to the south of Misrata in northern Libya. The army didn’t clarify how exactly the operations room was destroyed.
Turkey is actively supporting forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA). Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs were spotted around Tripoli. Furthermore, Ankara delivered dozens of armored vehicles to pro-GNA forces.
Earlier this month, the LNA repelled a “Turkish-planned” attack on the al-Jufra Air Base in Central Libya. The base is one of the army’s key positions.
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