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Author, Historian, Journalist. Former Freelance Contributor & Commentator of @BBC & @RFERL. Find my articles in @AFMonthly, @IsraelHayomHeb & @PtisiMagazine now

May 6, 2020, 6 tweets

#BREAKING: This is a message from #UAE & #Egypt to #Erdogan! "End your military intervention in #Libya" Today,on request of #Libya National Army, #UAE Air Force carried-out a successful airstrike destroying all weapons & #Turkish Bayraktar TB2 armed drones of #GNA in #Misrata AB!

Satellite images released by @obretix shows the six Mirage 2000-9EAD/RADs of #UAE Air Force on deployment at the air base located in south of Sidi Barrani, west of #Egypt. Previously, #UAEAF had its Mirage 2000-9EADs deployed to Al-Khadim AB in east of #Libya.

To save face, #GNA Air Force falsely claims that the explosions in #Misrata flight academy are due to mishandled weapons not the airstrike carried-out by Mirage 2000-9EADs of #UAE Air Force!

Judging on basis of the videos released, the weapon storage area located in the southwest of #Misrata Air Base is possibly targeted during this airstrike. Here are the satellite images showing the site:

#GNA claims the weapons which exploded there had been stored since 2011 war! But these bunkers were constructed after the war! Construction began in 2012 & was completed with the help of #Turkey!

Satellite images released by @obretix prove my earlier assessment. What #UAE Air Force targeted in #Misrata air base on May 6 is the ammunition storage which was constructed after the 2011 war.

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