UN condemns Turkish and GNA airstrikes in Libya
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Roshan Amiri
- . October 12, 2021
- . Update: May 20, 2020 2:54 pm
Tunisia–On Sunday, Thousands of Tunisians marched and demanded that the country’s constitution be regarded and called for the impeachment of President Kaïs Saied.
Saied granted himself the power to govern by decree on Wednesday, two months in the wake of firing the PM, suspending the parliament, and assuming main power, saying it resulted from a national crisis.
However, analysts have called it a coup, and demonstrators asked the parliament to be reinstated. Many Saied allies held a counter-protest yet were isolated by security fences. Heavy Police were deployed who tried to stop demonstrators progressing towards Habib Bourguiba Avenue.
Last month, Saied had brushed aside a large part of the constitution, which he stated he would select a board or committee to amend it, adding that he could control by decree.
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“We are also concerned by attacks on civilians, desecration of corpses, retribution, including looting, robberies and torching of public and private properties, in western coastal towns recently seized by GNA forces”. The Head of UN Support Mission in Libya added. On 14 April, following the GNA forces’ takeover of the city of Surman, the Martyr Othman Hamza Company, affiliated with the GNA, broke into Surman prison and unlawfully released 401 prisoners, including dangerous terrorists and human traffickers.
Referring to the Turkish role in the grab of al-Watiya military base, the UN official warned that “as has been the case on a number of occasions, we witnessed the direct involvement of foreign parties in this operation, either with UAVs or the presence on the ground of air defence systems, in blatant violation of the arms embargo”.
While people around the world are adjusting to the new normal of living with the global pandemic of COVID-19, millions of Libyans are experiencing a most abnormal and terrifying existence, under almost constant bombardment, frequent water and electricity cuts and compounded by restricted movement as a result of preventive COVID-19 measures, rendering the whole situation unbearable for the majority to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan in peace. Turkish regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly dispatching sophisticated and lethal weapons, and recruiting thousands Syrian mercenaries including children to fight in Libya along the GNA’s armed group and extremists.
In her briefing, Williams noted the GNA did not abide by the declared ceasefire and showed reluctance to reciprocate a unilaterally declared cessation of all military activities, announced by the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar, on 29 April, on the occasion of Ramadan. The UN envoy also expressed concern about the situation of refugees and migrants trapped in the North African country, stressing the need for an immediate truce and a return to a political dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations. The international community called several times for compliance with the arms embargo resolutions. Due to Turkish interference, the fighting is escalating in an unprecedented way in Libya.
