Libya: Turkey condemns seizure of vessel by Hifter forces
By France24
19 December 2020 |
2:35 pm
Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) have accused Turkey of continuing to supply the GNA with arms and fighters. Its forces seized a Turkish container ship in the Mediterranean.
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