Deterring Ankara: UN gives Erdogan 90 days to withdraw his mercenaries from Libya

At a time when the Libyan arena is witnessing a wave of political talks to end the fighting and bring the parties together, the United Nations has issued a stern warning to Ankara to withdraw its mercenaries from Libya within 90 days so as to ensure a political solution and an urgent rescue operation for the country.
Removing foreign forces and mercenaries
Stephanie Williams, UN deputy envoy to Libya, stressed the
need to remove foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya and to push forward
the political talks, emphasizing that it is unacceptable that military
equipment continues to enter Libya on a daily basis, while the Libyan parties,
represented by the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, are
scheduled to meet in the Moroccan resort town of Bouznika on Tuesday, September
29.
Williams said that the agreement would give the mercenaries
90 days to leave (referring to the mercenaries sent by Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan), confirming Turkey's involvement in violating international
agreements.
Williams confirmed that mercenaries continue to enter into
Libya, indicating that Ankara's pledges to stop the transfer of weapons are
false. She also called for the protection of Sirte and the surrounding areas,
as it is considered a strategic area in central Libya where Libyan oil is
located.
Turkey continues to violate UN resolutions and international commitments to the arms embargo imposed on Libya, as Ankara continues to send dozens of shipments loaded with mercenaries, weapons and explosives.
Return to Syria
On the other hand, Ankara mercenaries have begun to return
to Syria again, as the leaders of the militias did not pay their salaries. The
leaders of the Sultan Murad Division evaded paying salaries to its elements
demanding their dues from being in Libya.
In the beginning of September, Ankara reduced the salaries
of mercenaries who wish to remain in Libya from roughly $2,000 to only $600. This
prompted mercenaries to return to northern Syria after fighting within the
ranks of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) militias.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that more than
1,400 fighters from Syrian armed factions who were fighting for the GNA in
Libya have returned after the end of their contracts. It confirmed that the
number of those who went to Libya so far amounted to about 18,000 of Syrian
nationality, including about 350 children under the age of 18. An estimated
8,500 of them returned to Syria after the end of their contracts and taking
their financial dues, while the number of terrorists who arrived in Libya
reached 10,000.