Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighboring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country if necessary. Sisi's comments came amid high tensions over regional rival Turkey's intervention in Libya. He also warned forces loyal to the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli not to cross the current frontline with Khalifa Haftar's eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA). President Sisi's statements, known to have been on Haftar's side along with the Gulf states in the Libyan conflict, were considered a “declaration of war” by Libya's legitimate government.
