While the world focuses on the global danger of the coronavirus and Italian politics is in turmoil for the bickering between Renzi and Conte, the Libyan National Army (LNA) of General Khalifa Haftar shows the ability to keep the port of Tripoli under fire, hitting a Turkish freighter: a column of smoke was seen rising for several meters to confirm the serious damage to the boat.
Meanwhile, as a signal of the continuation of the armed conflict, Soviet-made BM21 rockets fell on the plateau behind the Libyan capital, while an unmanned Turkish aircraft was shot down by the LNA. According to Tobruk authorities, the heavy bombings of the Qasr Bin Ghashir district south of Tripoli would have left a disastrous situation on the ground for forces loyal to the Sarraj GNA. The fact that the Misurata airport is closed due to the numerous artillery shots also tells us that the situation is not easy for the philosophers.
France and Egypt conduct significant naval exercises with the participation of the aircraft carrier De Gaulle. To date, this seems to be a more serious message addressed to Ankara than the Italian government's request for "all countries" to join the ceasefire, perhaps unaware of the failure of the Berlin experiment and now busy fighting against windmills.
The contemporary meeting between Haftar and the American ambassador to Libya (photo) confirms once again that only the Italian foreign political class believes in the fable of the European mission to prevent the trafficking of arms with Libya.
But do you imagine them the "blue helmets" of the Union engaged in engaging in battle with the Turkish Navy or with the Egyptian Air Force? Ah, no: Foreign Minister Di Maio talks about "Monitoring the embargo", That is how to count how many cows are left in the stable after they have all escaped.
Minister, if you believed it a bit, perhaps we would have time to choose a part, as France did.
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