Libyan Crisis

US have no interest in Lybia, since always. They just hated Gaddafhi because he tried hated them and bought weapons from soviets.

BS. He kicked them out of air base & kept them & the oil monopolies out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelus_Air_Base#United_States_withdrawal

Algeria, Egypt & India bought more Soviet/Russian weapons; Libya has lots of high quality oil, & that explains everything.
West’s favorite strongman set to take Libya

LNA forces have seized the airport again and have taken Bat 42 and Al sawani.

They are advancing rapidly then again they have to, the LNA cannot afford a long drawn out fight.

Still they have yet to reach the main outskirts of Triploi, if the GNA doesn't surrender, the LNA will have a HAAAAAAAAAAAAARD time seizing the city if they can even get that far and then do it remains to be seen.

LNA's T-55 after recapturing GNA's 4th brigade camp in Al-Aziziyah some 40 km south of Tripoli.

Sometimes it may not be clear , who is right and who is wrong . In these cases , then take no sides . But offer the Libyan people a better deal than the western states . We get ahead , because we offer a better deal . More benefits . No political strings . Win friends by making peace , security , democracy . This is more important than selling weapons or winning some contract at the expense of the Libyan people . People will remember their friends . For generations .

And just now several Twitter accounts report that LNA has shot down GNA's L-39 on a way from Misrata to Tripoli.

Earlier in the morning LNA captured T-55 from GNA in Misrata:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1116331450469625856

And destroyed another one at Al Sawani south of Tripoli:

Entire LNA 8TH Battalion surrenders to GNA.

IMO, Libya may be partitioned after Haftar's death:
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/04/article/france-backed-commander-moves-on-tripoli/#

Tsavo Lion wrote:IMO, Libya may be partitioned after Haftar's death:
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/04/article/france-backed-commander-moves-on-tripoli/#

Maybe but I doubt it, if he captures Tripoli then for sure it will never happen, still the clock is ticking for that one.

France blocks EU call to stop Haftar's offensive in Libya
Gabriela Baczynska, Francesco Guarascio
3 MIN READ

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France on Wednesday blocked a European Union statement calling on Khalifa Haftar to halt his eastern forces’ offensive in Libya, diplomatic sources said, in the latest example of how the bloc’s internal divisions have undercut its global sway.

The draft statement, seen by Reuters, would have said that the military attack launched by Haftar on Tripoli was “endangering the civilian population, disrupting the political process and risks further escalation with serious consequences for Libya and the wider region, including the terrorist threat.”

Thousands of residents fled on Wednesday as Haftar’s forces - called the Libyan National Army (LNA) - and troops loyal to the Tripoli government battled on the outskirts of Libya’s capital.

France and Italy disagree on how to handle the latest escalation in the troubled north African country.

France, which has oil assets in eastern Libya, has provided military assistance in past years to Haftar in his eastern stronghold, Libyan and French officials say..

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-security-eu/france-blocks-eu-call-to-stop-haftars-offensive-in-libya-idUKKCN1RM2WN

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Is there anyone who still doubts France is behind this? I also noticed the leader of Sudan was overthrown in a coup, I wonder if France had something to do with that.

Does Russia have any interest in it? Sudan is probably more interesting than Libya for Russia though.....you are right though it does not offer a lot for France either other than not preferring to have another Euro power there...

Having bases in Libya will improve RF position in Africa & the Med. Sea. Keeping the oil wells out of terrorists grasp & Exxon won't hurt either.

Tsavo Lion wrote:Having bases in Libya will improve RF position in Africa & the Med. Sea. Keeping the oil wells out of terrorists grasp & Exxon won't hurt either.

I guess so...don't you think Sudan is more strategic even though possible choke on entry and exit as it is close to Saudi, Djibouti, Suez, Yemen and still can get into Africa? As fas as Med is concerned, they already have Syria presence.

Sudan won't hurt; OTH, who knows what regime will come there & how long it'll last? IMO bases in Egypt would be better.
But Libya is just South of Italy, C. Europe & North of CAR where Russians have presence. With bases there, they could monitor all traffic & effectively close the C./E. Med. & Red Seas to any ship sailing from Gibraltar or the Indian Ocean.

To give the idea about yesterday's progress, here are few maps. Today the LNA started bombing position of islamists near Ain Zara in preparation for the final 20 km push.



The progress of operation Tripoli. Present situation, before the beginning and the course of action.





Video of unloading in Al Aziziyah yesterday (black dot on the last map), seen T-55, T-72 and BMD-1.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1116718319330037760

LNA flying Mi-25 or Mi-35 against Tripoli Al-Qaeda affiliates.

https://twitter.com/aldin_ww/status/1117000376614555648

Isos wrote:

Tsavo Lion wrote:Sudan won't hurt; OTH, who knows what regime will come there & how long it'll last? IMO bases in Egypt would be better.
But Libya is just South of Italy, C. Europe & North of CAR where Russians have presence. With bases there, they could monitor all traffic & effectively close the C./E. Med. & Red Seas to any ship sailing from Gibraltar or the Indian Ocean.

Lybia is far from europe, not stable, no military. Algeria is much closer, more stable and pro russian with a very good military. A base to monitor europe would be perfect there.

A destroyed Lybia is nice from russian point of view as it impacts EU directly. In italia far right came to power because of that. In hungary too. And both gov are pro russian.

Ya, Russia probably wont take Libya seriously due to the costs with Libya being unstable atm. May have some tactical goals but really not much strategic imo. Combined NATO power and Isreal, it will not be easy to blockade the entry into Suez. CAR is purely economical or extremely long term as it is land locked. I think Western Sahara or Sudan will be more strategic with the former giving complete visibility into anything coming into med and the later powerful chess piece to watchover Saudi and make everyone nervous....Sudan will be resisted pretty hard by west but Libya could be an easy chance....Algeria would be nice but they wont offer unless they are sanctioned heavily and nothing to lose.

LNA guy seems to be pretty friendly to France though....

Alo Azi was retaken by GNA

Breaking: Haftar in Moscow

https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/04/confirmed-haftar-in-moscow-for-meeting-with-russian-ministry-of-defense-officials/

Yes looks like this operation failed

Emerging Libyan leader Haftar on an official visit to Egyptian president El-Sisi in Cairo:



Air force continues flights against Al Qaeda. Today's videos:

Mig-23UB:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1117177467645648896

Su-22:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1117365294211698689

Mig-21:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1117409576947724288

But the forum doesn't allow embedding Twitter videos. I guess Dailymotion history films are more important than fresh videos from frontlines