A senior military officialandnbsp;of theandnbsp;Libyan National Armyandnbsp;on Sundayandnbsp;reported thatandnbsp;a convoyandnbsp;ofandnbsp;vehicles loaded withandnbsp;militiamenandnbsp;crossed the Libyan-Sudanese borderandnbsp;at El Kufra in support of theandnbsp;Libyan Islamist insurgents.andnbsp;
Field commander Ashrafandnbsp;Elandnbsp;Hasi said in an interview withandnbsp;the Arabic Sky Newsandnbsp;that Sudan attempted to enter aandnbsp;convoyandnbsp;of vehiclesandnbsp;carrying Yemeniandnbsp;fightersandnbsp;into Libya.andnbsp;He stated that the convoy was detected at the border town of El Kufra.andnbsp;
El Hasiandnbsp;accusedandnbsp;Khartoumandnbsp;of supporting the Libyan militias,andnbsp;and using the airports of Sirte, Tripoli, and Masrata to supplyandnbsp;weapons toandnbsp;the militants.andnbsp;
Libya has accused Sudan before of interfering in its internal affairs, a claim Khartoum has repeatedly denied.
On 6 September, Libyan authorities announced the grounding of a Sudanese military aeroplane at El Kufra airport, “laden with weapons bound for rebels”. They claimed that the transport aircraft was heading for Tripoli‘s Mitiga airport, currently under the control of a Islamist militia group. Sudan described the incident as a misunderstanding.
The week before, the Sudanese military attaché in Tripoli was declared persona non grata, after he had been accused of supporting Libyan militia groups. In June, Libyan general Khalifa Heftar termedandnbsp;Sudan’s position on terrorism in Libya asandnbsp;“ambiguous”.
Map indicating the location of El Kufra