Overview
- Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and four officers were received in Tripoli with military honors, with burial planned in Misrata.
- The delegation’s private jet crashed Tuesday shortly after takeoff from Ankara, killing everyone on board, according to officials.
- Turkey held a ceremony at Murted air base attended by Defense Minister Yasar Guler and military chief Selcuk Bayraktaroglu before repatriation.
- Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said the victims were identified by DNA at Ankara’s Forensic Medicine Institute and that Germany will help analyze the black boxes.
- The late commander was a key figure in U.N.-backed efforts to unify Libya’s armed forces, and condolences included a message from eastern leader Khalifa Haftar.