The Libyan city of Sirte, besides being the hometown of the country’s ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, is the nation’s most important port town. It is a gateway leading to the west of the Mediterranean and has high strategic value.

Jufra, on the other hand, is considered an area worth “fighting for” as it houses the country’s biggest military base.

Since the coming battle in the Libyan war is going to be concentrated in these two regions, all eyes are currently on Sirte and Jufra.

Khalifa Haftar and the powers backing him have long ago revealed the importance they attach to both Sirte and Jufra. Egypt’s putschist leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said these two regions are red lines for his country and threatened to launch an intervention. Statements from Russia also indicate a demand to stop the war with a ceasefire before it grows any further. Though it contains elements of a “threat,” it should be noted that the current position taken up by Haftar and the powers backing him is “defense.” In a sense, the Government of National Accord (GNA) is being told to stop before they advance any further. Of course, there is no doubt that the intention behind these calls is to take action again once they have licked their wounds.

Meanwhile, it is known that the forces affiliated with the Fayez al-Sarraj administration, which is backed by Turkey, want to continue to advance without submitting to these calls or threats.

Many statements have been by the GNA made indicating, “We will not stop here.” Ankara continues to support the UN-recognized GNA in this respect. We received the same response from relevant sources whom we checked in with yesterday.

Ankara is continuing to give its full support to the will presented by the Libyan government with respect to capturing Sirte and Jufra, which will signify a return to the borders drawn in 2015. In this regard, the response to the calls for ceasefire from Russia and France – in other words, the powers endorsing Haftar – has not changed.

On a different note, Libyan Prime Minister Sarraj had recently met with U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander Stephen Townsend and his entourage.

The information that reached Ankara is that regardless of such a meeting, the U.S. will not change its stance regarding Libya. In other words, it appears that the U.S. administration is going to continue to take action without any clear initiative.

French President Emmanuel Macron made some statements the previous day targeting Turkey. Macron said that Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya and that this clashes with the promises made at the Berlin Conference, adding that the "affair" between Turkish and French ships in the Mediterranean, in the open waters of Libya is proof that NATO is experiencing “brain death.”

Ankara has, of course, made note of these statements. However, let us also note that stepping back due to these “threatening” statements made on behalf of France is out of the question. One quote alone from what was said should suffice: “Macron fastened the top button wrong; he bet on the wrong horse, so now he is constantly squirming.”

There are those of you who will remember; Turkey had launched a cross-border operation into northern Iraq in late 2007.

During those days, drawing inspiration from a TV show, then Chief of General Staff Yaşar Büyükanıt had made an unfortunate statement. He said, “The PKK’s [Kurdistan Worker’s Party] camps and operations there are like the Big Brother House. We just need the opportunity to go and strike. We now know those areas like the back of our hand.”

We refer to that statement as “unfortunate,” because during that operation, only a few kilometers beyond the border could be reached before troops had to turn back.

We made reference to this story after gaining insight into certain data related to the currently ongoing Claw-Eagle operation. Let us mention one statement for now and you can figure out the rest:

It is said: “Places that were untouched for four decades are being touched now.”

Now, 13 years after that unfortunate statement, the development of Turkey’s and the Turkish Armed Forces’ (TAF) technological capacity may be considered the reason underlying the transformation of those areas into a “Big Brother house” in the true sense.

However, there is one more thing that is perhaps more valuable than this, and that is the state, the government, and institutions working with a common motivation and in synchronization like never before.

The relevant circles to which we have paid attention are making an interesting comparison. They are saying things like, “The communication between channels used to be defective in the past. The water that was connected to the channel for the irrigation of the garden used to go down the toilet. Now the connections are functioning properly.”

Does this comparison not answer numerous questions?