Tag: Libya
But it will need to cut deals with Russia, as well as regional players From weapons purchases to energy deals to Syria, the presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have had ...
Europe will have to unite on a common position on Libya if it wants to keep third parties such as Turkey from exerting their influence on the war-stricken country. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Turkey ...
A new poll suggests Erdogan’s arguments on Libya have failed to convince Turkish voters. ISTANBUL – As Turkey starts the deployment of its troops in Libya, voters at home are reluctant to follow President Recep ...
Turkey has thus far transported some 300 rebel fighters from Syria to Libya in support of the Tripoli-based Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) against the eastern forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar, according to the ...
(Bloomberg) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has formally asked parliament in Ankara for a one-year mandate to send troops to Libya, where the UN-recognized government is battling forces led by eastern commander Khalifa ...
Europeans could still keep Libya a multilateral affair, if they can bring France onto a shared platform – and deploy newfound unity to draw American influence back in. Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan grabbed ...
The Turkish intervention could now include Turkish combat troops. That’s what the Turkish leader said yesterday. This is apparently in response to LNA predictions made the day before that the LNA would take control of ...
Scaling up bombings in Libya with Egyptian Rafale, UAE drones pounding Turkish bases across the country forcing Turkey’s defense ministry to order the immediate transport of wounded and dead Turkish soldiers back to Ankara. At ...
Bloomberg – Turkey’s support for Libya’s internationally backed government aims to salvage billions of dollars of business contracts thrown into limbo by the conflict and secure more leverage in the scramble for oil and gas ...
Security forces stand next to a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration against Turkish interference in Benghazi, Libya, Feb. 14, 2020. Engaged in two wars simultaneously in Syria and Libya, Turkey ...