{"id":80592,"date":"2020-06-25T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T04:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=80592"},"modified":"2020-06-25T12:44:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T04:44:38","slug":"libya-eastern-based-parliament-speaker-urges-egypt-to-intervene-in-battle-against-un-backed-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=80592","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Eastern-based Parliament Speaker urges Egypt to intervene in battle against UN-backed government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BENGHAZI (Libya), June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The speaker of Libya’s eastern-based Parliament Aguila Saleh urged Egypt to intervene militarily if the forces from the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) attack the strategic city of Sirte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Egyptian intervention in Libya would be “legitimate … if the terrorist and armed militias crossed the red line”, Saleh told MENA news agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Libyan people are officially asking for Egypt to interfere with military forces if the necessities of maintaining Libyan national security and Egyptian national security require this,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sirte is the traditional boundary between Libya’s west and east and a key gateway to the country’s main oil fields in the east held Haftar\u2019s Libyan National Army (LNA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since May, the GNA has taken the strategic al-Watiya airbase south of Tripoli; Bani Walid in the country’s northwest; and a day after the city of Tarhuna, Haftar’s last stronghold in northwestern Libya and Tripoli International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libya’s GNA rejected Egypt’s invitation to a ceasefire, denouncing that calls for peace talks were made by Haftar\u2019s forces. Earlier in the week, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called on the GNA to stop its counteroffensive against Haftar’s forces east of the capital, Tripoli, threatening military intervention and criticizing Turkish involvement in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplomats say a new battle for Sirte could still be avoided, particularly if Turkey and Russia can hash out an agreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia said Tuesday that it wanted a ceasefire in Libya and denied a U.N. report last month that said it had up to 1,200 mercenaries fighting in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libya descended into chaos in the wake of the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted and killed longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. Thousands of people have been killed in sporadic fighting since 2014 between factions in the east and west. — NNN-AGENCIES
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