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Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognised government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated US and Chinese rockets as well as drones when they seized a town from eastern forces last week, officials said on Saturday.
On Wednesday, Tripoli’s forces took Gharyan, south of the capital, which eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Hifter had used as their main supply base to attack Tripoli, home to the recognised administration.
Officials showed journalists weapons they said had been seized, among them sophisticated US-made Javelin anti-tank missiles.
They also presented advanced Chinese-made laser-guided artillery shells, and said combat drones had been also been captured, in addition to some 150 prisoners.

Inscriptions on the Javelin missiles said they had originally belonged to the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, one of Haftar’s main backers.
UN reports have previously said that the UAE and Egypt have been arming Haftar’s Libya National Army (LNA) since 2014, but details have been unclear.
Oded Berkowitz, Israeli security analyst and deputy chief intelligence officer of the MAX consultancy, said it was the first time that Javelins had been sighted in the Libya conflict.
“The weapons themselves are highly advanced but wouldn’t be a game changer in Libya,” he said. “The real political game changer is the fact that advanced US systems were delivered to a third party, and this may push the US to oppose the UAE and their support for the LNA.”

Haftar began his assault on Tripoli on April 4, surprising the United Nations, which had been preparing for a national conference to try to end the chaos gripping Libya since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
The offensive by the LNA, which is allied to a parallel administration in the east, has not made it beyond the southern suburbs of Tripoli.
Turkey has supplied Tripoli’s forces with drones and other military equipment, according to diplomats.


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Chinese and US missiles, laser-guided shells and drones seized from opposition forces by Libyan fighters

Members of forces allied to Libya's internationally recognized government check the weapons, which were confiscated from eastern forces led by Khalifa Hiftar in Gharyan. Photo: Reuters

In this image obtained from the US Army, an Army soldier fires the Javelin anti-tank missile at a live fire exercise during Saber Guardian 2019 near Várpalota, Hungary, on June 5, 2019. - The US said on June 29, 2019, it was looking into a report that US anti-tank missiles were found by forces loyal to Libya's unity government at a captured rebel base. The New York Times reported June 28 that four Javelin missiles were found at a base used by men under the command of Khalifa Haftar, a strongman who has waged a months-long offensive against Libya's internationally recognized government based in Tripoli. (Photo by LaShic Patterson / US ARMY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Army / Sgt. LaShic Patterson" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A picture taken in Tripoli on June 29, 2019, shows fighters loyal to the internationally-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) displaying precision guided munition, which were reportedly confiscated from forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar in Gharyan. - The United States said it was looking into a report that American anti-tank missiles were found by forces loyal to Libya's unity government at a captured rebel base. The missiles were apparently discovered earlier this week when forces loyal to the Government of National Accord recaptured the strategic town of Gharyan in a surprise attack, seizing the main supply base for Haftar's Tripoli offensive. (Photo by - / AFP)

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Haul was recovered after Tripoli’s forces took Gharyan, which eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Hifter had used as their main supply base


Haul was recovered after Tripoli’s forces took Gharyan, which eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Hifter had used as their main supply base.


Chinese and US missiles, laser-guided shells and drones seized from opposition forces by Libyan fighters

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Haul was recovered after Tripoli’s forces took Gharyan, which eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Hifter had used as their main supply base