Reuters news agency says satellite images show ⁠at least three drones at Al Khadim airbase between April and December 2025. Chinese and Turkish combat drones may have been acquired by eastern Libya’s military leader, Khalifa Haftar – despite a United Nations weapons embargo, says the Reuters news agency. The arrival of new combat drones at Al Khadim “would be a huge symbolic win” for Haftar, said Anas El Gomati, head of the Libyan think tank the Sadeq Institute. Reuters could not find any previous satellite imagery, making it difficult to identify with certainty. Smaller dronesTwo smaller drones appeared on the same apron at Al Khadim in a Vantor image on December 17.

Source: Libya Today April 02, 2026 14:50 UTC