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Senior Egyptian partisan warns of suspicious Qatari role in Libya

Friday 23-06-2017 - 01:31 PM

Mohammed Attia

Cairo – Vice President of the Egyptian Conference Party Dr. Hussein Aboul-Atta has warned of the suspicious role played by Qatar in Libya, citing the recent discovery of 3,800 landmines in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

In a statement on Friday, Aboul-Atta urged the international community to support the Libyan army in the fight against Qatari-funded terrorist groups.

Dr. Hussein Aboul-Atta

“Libya is in dire need of help in order to claim victory over terrorist and extremist groups,” Aboul-Atta noted.

He also thanked commanders and officers of the Libyan army for their efforts to liberate Libya from terrorism.

On Wednesday, the Libyan army announced that it dismantled over 3,800 landmines in central Benghazi.

The eastern city of Benghazi, Libya's second largest city and the birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime, has been witnessing violent war between the Libyan Armed Forces led by General Khalifa Haftar and militant groups for more than three years.

Libya has been suffering escalating violence and chaos since the fall of Gaddafi's regime in 2011. The North African country is plagued with insecurity and political division.