BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – The Libyan Army’s Chief-of-Staff, Major-General Faraj al-Mahdawi, has revealed an agreement with Greece to block the sea lane linking Crete and the eastern sea borders of Libya to Turkish ships. Major-General Faraj al-Mahdawi said in a statement to Al-Arabiya that “ there is great coordination between Greece and Libya in order to monitor the movement of Turkish ships for oil or access to the western Libyan ports to deliver weapons to the militias, especially the Misurata port. ”The Libyan military official also spoke of “the presence of surveillance around the clock and today on the Libyan coast,” noting that “the General Command of the Libyan Army has provided all the necessary equipment and mechanisms for the sea forces to intervene if there is a breach of Libyan waters by Turkish ships and the destruction of any threat” . The Haftar-led forces began an attack in April to wrest control of Tripoli, but the attack stalled on the outskirts of the city. Haftar said: “Today we announce the decisive battle and progress towards the heart of the capital … Advance now, my heroes.”,The Libyan National Army had previously announced decisive progress and military movements, but no concrete changes in the battlefield followed.

Source: Libya Today December 13, 2019 13:18 UTC