{"id":55269,"date":"2025-12-24T04:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/libyas-army-chief-killed-in-air-crash-in-turkey\/24\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T04:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:46:52","slug":"libyas-army-chief-killed-in-air-crash-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/libyas-army-chief-killed-in-air-crash-in-turkey\/24\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya&#8217;s army chief killed in air crash in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Libyan army chief has been killed in an air crash in Turkey, Libya&#8217;s prime minister has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad was on board a Falcon 50 aircraft flying out of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Tuesday evening. He was killed along with four other military officials and three crew members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said signal with the business jet was lost at 20:52 local time (17:52 GMT) &#8211; about 42 minutes after it took off from Ankara&#8217;s airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tripoli-bound jet had issued an emergency landing request before contact was lost. The aircraft&#8217;s wreckage was later found south-west of Ankara, and its voice recorder and black box had been recovered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Libya&#8217;s Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad (left) died just hours after holding talks with Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler [Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The emergency services are still trying to retrieve the bodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An investigation is under way into what caused the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a post on X, Yerlikaya wrote that police had spotted the debris near the village of Kesikkavak, in the Haymana district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the prime minister of the country&#8217;s internationally-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU), said he had received news of the deaths of Gen Haddad and other senior Libyan military officials on board the jet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The prime minister called it a &#8220;great loss&#8221; for the nation, saying Libya had &#8220;lost men who served their country with sincerity and dedication&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gen Haddad and his team had been in Turkey for talks aimed at further strengthening military and security co-operation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turkey has played an increasingly dominant role in Libya after intervening in 2019 to prevent an army from the east of the country driving out the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli, and has built close political, military and economic ties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Libya&#8217;s rival Government of National Stability (GNS) in the east of the country is run by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The north African has been battered by many armed groups who emerged after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A series of armed uprisings that led to the long-time dictator&#8217;s killing created a security vacuum, with much of the country lawless and chaotic since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><strong>Additional reporting by Farouk Chothia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/contact-lost-jet-carrying-libyas-200547354.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Libyan army chief has been killed in an air crash in Turkey, Libya&rsquo;s prime minister has said. 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