Azerbaijan, Baku, March 29 /Trend/
Fighter jets sent by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help patrol Libya's no-fly zone have arrived in Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy, a local English daily reported Tuesday.
The UAE pledged six F-16s and six Mirage warplanes to the coalition, although it is not yet known when they will begin flight operations over Libya, Xinhua reported according to The National.
Last Friday, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that in support of a UN resolution, the UAE decided to involve its warplanes in the coalition to enforce the no-fly zone over the North African nation.
On March 17, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973 on endorsing a no-fly zone over Libya and authorizing "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi' s forces. France, Britain and the United States have been carrying out air strikes on Libyan targets since March 19.