“The UAE’s military base supports the operations of Khalifa Haftar in eastern Libya,” a Libyan military official formerly affiliated to the renegade Gen. confirmed to The New Arab. The military base has been established under the supervision of Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in collaboration with French officials, it added. It added that before the Emirati military base was set up on the ground in eastern Libya, UAE’s jet fighters backing Haftar used to take off from bases in western Egypt. IHS Jane has reported last Friday that the United Arab Emirates had established a military base in east Libya to back Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed army in its ongoing war in Benghazi. ٌRelated News:UAE sets up military base in east Libya - IHS

Source: Libya Observer November 01, 2016 17:08 UTC