The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame has told French newspaper Le Monde that the UNSMIL has documented intensified non-Libyan drone activity in the Libyan airspace recently. He also explained that the Libyan Presidential Council's government had requested the support of Turkey in response to the presence of Russian mercenaries fighting for Khalifa Haftar's forces on Tripoli frontlines. "There are multinational mercenaries, including Russians, coming to help Haftar's forces. There are indeed countries that support the war in Tripoli." He told Le Monde as well that some member states of the Security Council are violating the Security Council's arms embargo in Libya.

Source: Libya Observer December 30, 2019 19:18 UTC