Erdogan in a new lie on Libya interference
Turkey said it had already sent dozens of troops to Libya where they would offer training to the militias backing the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA).
Apart from regular Turkish troops,
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also sent Syrian fighters loyal to
Turkey to Libya.
Erdogan had used the same fighters
in northern Syria to implement his plans in this region. He is now using the
same fighters in Libya.
Almost a month after signing a
security cooperation deal and another one on the delimitation of maritime
boundaries with GNA prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, Erdogan is in a new bid to
justify his interference in Libya.
His latest claim is that he wants to
preserve the security of the North African state.
He revealed on January 16 that his
country would offer concessions to petroleum companies to start exploring
minerals in the areas covered in the maritime boundary delimitation agreement
with the GNA.
Turkey has, meanwhile, sent
thousands of Syrian militiamen to Libya to fight side by side with the militias
of the GNA against the Libyan National Army, the British newspaper, Guardian
said.
The newspaper added that hundreds of
Syrian fighters had crossed the border into Turkey in preparation for ferrying
them to Tripoli.
Some of these fighters had been
deployed in the frontline eastern the Libyan capital, the British newspaper
said.
It noted that the Syrian fighters
had signed direct contracts with the GNA, not with the Turkish government, for
six months.
It said each of the fighters
receives a salary of $2,000 from the GNA each month.
The same fighters used to get
between $70 and $90 in their country every month, the newspaper said.
It revealed that four Syrian
fighters had already been killed in the battlefield in Libya so far.
