FILE PHOTO: Libyan National Army (LNA) members head out of Benghazi to reinforce troops advancing towards Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya, April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File PhotoCAIRO - 15 July 2020: In light of escalations in the Libyan scene, the Libyan National Army (LNA) stressed in a statement that Egypt has the right to intervene militarily in the Libyan territories, as the country is a real security partner to Libya. For his part, Khaled al- Mahjoub, director of the Moral Guidance Department of the Libyan National Army, said that Turkish drones had bombed irrigation pipes near Sirte. Meanwhile, Advisor to the Libyan Speaker of Parliament, Abdel Hamid Safi, told Sky News Arabia that the militias pose a threat to the Libyan and Egyptian national security. Earlier, the speaker of the Libyan Parliament met his Italian counterpart in Rome, to discuss the latest Libyan developments.

Source: Egypt Today July 15, 2020 11:37 UTC