Libyan army shot down three Turkish planes

Libya, 31st May: The Libyan army has shot down three Turkish planes in the past 24 hours.

According to Baaghi TV, Libya’s National Army (LNA) announced on Saturday that three Turkish planes were shot down near the city of Bani Waleed, 180 kilometers from the capital.

The Libyan National Army’s military information division posted on Facebook. A statement said its air defense platforms shot down three Turkish planes as they tried to bomb their bases near Bani Waleed.

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The statement from the LNA has said Air Defense had shot down a Turkish airliner in the early hours of Saturday morning near the town of Bani Waleed. During the last hours of the evening, the Turkish airliner tried to attack civilian targets in the city, and their air defense platforms were able to shoot them.

The Libyan military has shot down more than a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) linked to the Turkish military and the government’s National Accord (GNA) in the past week.

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