FILE PHOTO: Members of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, get ready before heading out of Benghazi to reinforce the troops advancing to Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
February 12, 2020
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Nations said eastern Libyan forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar have refused to grant landing permits for flights bringing U.N. staff to and from Libya, a statement said on Wednesday.
“The United Nations in Libya regrets that its regular flights, which transport its staff to and from Libya, are not granted permission by the LNA to land in Libya,” the U.N. mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement, referring to Haftar’s Libya National Army.
“This practice has been repeated on several occasions in the past weeks,” it added.
(Reporting by Omar Fahmy and Ulf Laessing; Editing by Catherine Evans)
