Libya declared three days of national mourning Tuesday following the deaths of Army Chief of Staff Mohammed al-Haddad and four senior military officials in a plane crash near the Turkish capital Ankara.

Axar.az informs, citing Anadolu Agency, in a statement, Libya's Government of National Unity extended its condolences to the families of the victims and to their colleagues in the Libyan Armed Forces.

The statement said that during the three-day mourning period, all state institutions will fly flags at half-mast, and official ceremonies and celebrations would be suspended.

Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has instructed the Defense Ministry to send an official delegation to Ankara to coordinate directly with Turkish authorities and review the circumstances of the crash, the statement added.