The Libyan national army fights 6 terrorist militias

Maher Farghaly

While the Libyan National Army controls many new areas in the southeast of the capital Tripoli, included ​​Khallet al-Furjan area, Doha is trying to move Daesh fighters from Iraq and Syria through Turkey to the Libyan capital to face the military operations to liberate Tripoli.

A special source told the Reference that Sami al-Saadi, the former supporter of the Islamic Group in Libya and the founder of Umma Islamic Party, is playing a prominent role to move a group of militias to Tripoli, to support the six battalions there to fight the Libyan army.

The Libyan army is fighting six terrorist battalions, including the Tripoli rebel battalion led by Haitham al-Tajouri. Tripoli rebel is concerned with the protection of the presidential council.

Shield Forces militia, led by Hashim Bakr, is also fight the Libyan Army with other militia entered Libya last week as a part of Mahjoub Brigade and the Halabous Brigade from Misurata city.

Alongside with Misurata militias, there is a militant group that controls the Maitika military airport, led by Abdul Hakim Belhadj, which is heavily supported by Turkey and Qatar.

The third group is called the Prison Guard, led by khaled El-sharif. He is also a leader in the Fighting Group. Although he does not hold any military rank, he served as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense during the period of Abdurrahim El-Keib and Zaidan governments in 2012 until 2014.

The Libyan army is also facing the militia of Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room as well as al-Nawassi militia, the Hawks militia and the militia of the martyr Yusuf al-Burqi, the follower of the Brotherhood’s loyalist Sadiq al-Ghariani.

There are in the capital number of criminal militias controlling some government buildings, including the Salah Paddy militia, which was involved in the burning of Tripoli International Airport, the militia of Ghanoua, the militia of Bouzlim district and Salah al-Marghani militia.