Saqr Geroushi

Summary

Saqr Adam Geroushi (Arabic: صقر ادم الجروشي) is a Libyan military officer who is the Chief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force that supports Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army faction. Geroushi was reinstated as the head of the Libyan Air Force in January 2015.[1] In March 2017, it was reported that Geroushi had suffered a heart attack and was in intensive care at a hospital.[2] As of 2020, Geroushi is still the head of the pro-LNA air force and took part in the 2019–20 Western Libya campaign.[3]

Lieutenant General

Saqar Adam Geroushi
Native name
صقر ادم الجروشي
AllegianceLibya Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah (until 2011)
 Libya (HoR) (since 2011)
Service/branch Libyan Air Force
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands heldChief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force
Inspector General of the Libyan Armed Forces
Battles/warsFirst Libyan Civil War
Second Libyan Civil War

In 2021, Marshal Haftar appointed Lieutenant General Geroushi as the Inspector General of the Libyan National Army, succeeding Major General Abduljalil Al-Tarhouni.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Geroushi to become airforce head again".
  2. ^ "Head of LNA air force Geroushi has heart attack: report". Libya Herald.
  3. ^ "Haftar and Turkey Trade Threats as Libya's War Risks Escalation". Bloomberg. 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ "الفريق صقر الجروشي يتسلم رئاسة جهاز التفتيش العام من اللواء عبدالجليل الترهوني". وكالة AAC الاخبارية (in Arabic). 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-11-16.