US EditionLibya holds funeral for military officials killed in plane crash in Turkey
The crash, caused by an electrical failure, killed Libyan General Mohamed Al-Haddad and seven others; their bodies were repatriated after ceremonies in Turkey and Libya.
- On Tuesday, a private jet carrying General Mohammed al-Haddad crashed after departing Ankara, killing him and four other senior military figures as the five returned from meetings.
- The delegation had been in Ankara for meetings with Turkish defence officials a day after Turkish parliament extended troop presence, and Turkish authorities say preliminary investigations point to a technical failure with the aircraft's flight recorder to be transferred to a neutral country.
- Identification work revealed a `dreadful scene` requiring DNA tests, a Turkish military ceremony was held Saturday, and bodies including Mohamed al-Essawi and Mohamed al-Mahjoub were taken to Misrata with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah attending.
- The Presidential Council named General Salah al-Namroush temporarily as acting chief of staff, while analysts warned the role is part of cabinet reshuffle talks with a decision expected within the next 10 days.
- Al-Haddad's death is a setback to national stability because he helped repel Khalifa Haftar's 2019 campaign and chaired the truce committee behind the 2020 ceasefire, while Libya's east-west split and Turkey's recent diplomatic moves complicate the political landscape.
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Libya honors late army chief as bodies repatriated from Türkiye
TRIPOLI/ANKARA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Libya held official ceremonies on Saturday to receive the bodies of its late army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad and his companions, who were killed in a plane crash in Türkiye earlier this week. Read full story
The Turkish Chief of Staff and the Minister of Defense were also present.
Remains of Libya army chief killed in crash to return home
The remains of the Libyan chief of staff and his advisers, who were killed in a plane crash near Ankara, will be repatriated on Saturday, the Turkish defence ministry said. The Tripoli government's General Mohamed Al-Haddad, four of his advisers and three crew died when the Falcon 50 jet they were travelling on crashed less than forty minutes after take-off on Tuesday. Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler presided over a short ceremony at the Mu…
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