Turkey sending ‘Syrian fighters to Libya’

As the conflict in Libya has intensified, Syrian fighters backed by Turkey have reportedly appeared on the battlefield in recent days to support the Tripoli-based government.

Turkey’s proxies, who have been accused of war crimes and human rights abuses while fighting on behalf of Ankara in northern Syria for the last three years, are said to have been recruited to combat the forces of the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.

The development came after Turkey signed two agreements with Feyaz Al Sarraj, Prime Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord, on military co-operation and maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean.