The commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), General Khalifa Haftar, has threatened to escalate the LNA’s offensive in western Libya, amid reports that his militia has taken delivery of fighter jets.
Bloomberg News reported that the LNA appears to have taken delivery of over a half dozen fighter jets. The interior minister of the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord, which rivals the LNA and controls the capital Tripoli, said that a pair of Su-24s and at least six MiG-29s have recently arrived from Hmeymim air base in Syria, which is operated by the Russian military.
The Bloomberg report added on the jets, “It wasn’t clear whether those were refurbished jets that had belonged to Haftar’s air force or additions to his fleet.”