Libya’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Al-Sadiq Al-Gharyani has urged all Libyans to unite and fight the Russians who arrived in the eastern part of the country after fleeing Syria, saying they are not civilians but combatants.
In his weekly program on Tanasuh TV, the Mufti said the Russians have expanded their presence in Libya and started arriving in the country with their military equipment from Syria. They are hosted by the eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar and his sons.
“The Libyan people in the eastern, southern and western regions of the country must refuse their presence and take up arms and fight them,” he said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has rejected the arrival of Russian military equipment and forces from Syria in Libya.
In a dialogue session on Thursday, he warned any party entering Libya without permission or agreement will be fought, adding that he will not accept Libya being an international battlefield.
Warlord Khalifa Haftar remained silent on successive assertions that Russia had flown cargo planes carrying air defense equipment, including radars for S-400 and S-300 interceptor systems, weapons, personnel and other military equipment from Syria to bases in eastern Libya.
