Libyan Army Chief Kied In Plane Crash Near Ankara After Jet ‘Disappears From Radar’In a plane crash in Ankara, Turkiye, the head of the Libyan army, the head of the ground forces, the head of the military production department, and the military chief's advisor have been killed.
ANKARA/TRIPOLI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital Ankara, the prime minister of Libya's internationally recognised government said, adding that four others were on the jet as well.
"This followed a tragic and painful incident while they were returning from an official trip from the Turkish city of Ankara. This grave loss is a great loss for the nation, for the military institution, and for all the people," Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah said in a statement.
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