Libyan army controls of Sorman, west Tripoli

The Libyan army moved to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday evening April 4, 2019, to the city of Sorman (60 km from the capital) in an important advance for the army.

Army accounts published pictures of the soldiers celebrating their control over the city, amid the welcome of civilians who appeared waving to military vehicles in which the soldiers were traveling.

In the same context, the Information Office of the General Command of the Armed Forces published this morning the news of the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Marshal Khalifeh Hafter, to the main operations room to monitor military operations in the western region.

On Wednesday, the Libyan army announced to the western region: "Under the direct supervision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, and in compliance with his orders, many military units moved to the western region to clear the remaining terrorist groups in their last resort. In the western region”.

"The military units confirm that they offer redemption to God and then to the homeland and the citizen, as well as that it is keen on the safety of citizens and on the public property of the Libyan state, and that everything that has been provided and provided to the homeland."

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich expressed his deep concern at the military moves and the risk of confrontations in Libya, while the Western region is in a popular mood, welcomed by the army, to get rid of militia rule.

Haftar launched a military campaign to clear the south, beginning this year, to be able to tighten his control over the south and east and center of Libya, and then begins to move to the west.