Turkey poised to send troops to Libya, ratcheting up tensions in E. Mediterranean
(Worthy News) – Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of the UN-backed government in Tripoli as soon as next month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, in a move likely to deepen an international proxy struggle in the north African country ravaged by civil war.
Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has been struggling to repel a months-long offensive by General Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), which has been supported by Egypt, Jordan, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and France.
Last month, Turkey and the Tripoli-based GNA leader Fayez al-Serraj signed a defense cooperation deal and a separate one on maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey is locked in dispute with regional rivals Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and Israel over access to waters rich in natural gas. [ Source: Deutche Welle (Read More…) ]
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