Haftar threatens to arrest Turkish citizens in Libya
The Libya Observer reports that a spokesperson of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, Ahmed Al-Mismari, threatened to arrest Turkish citizens and attack Turkish companies and interests in Libya.
In the same press conference, he also threatened to shoot down Turkish airplanes flying in the Libyan air space and destroy Turkish ships sailing in the Libyan territorial waters, three days after losing the strategic city of Gharyan, south Tripoli.
Declaring Turkey as an enemy state of their forces, Al-Mismari said Haftar had issued an order to ban Libyan airlines from flying to and from Turkey.
Benghazi’s Benina Airport, which is under the control of Haftar’s armed groups, cancelled all flights to and from Turkey’s Istanbul, demanding passengers there to cancel their Istanbul-Benghazi tickets and book another Istanbul-Damascus-Benghazi ticket.
