Relations between Turkey and Libya

The Berlin conference on Libya gave hope for stability in the war-torn country when countries pledged to withdraw all foreign fighters and mercenaries on Wednesday. Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush expressed hope that progress would finally be made with a key commitment from the first conference in January 2020 - to withdraw foreign fighters. "We are making progress on mercenaries, so you will hopefully know in the coming days that mercenaries from both sides will withdraw and I think it will…

UN Special Envoy for Libya Jan Kubis said that progress towards a political solution to the North African country's decadelong conflict had stalled as the Libyan army had accused militias loyal to Putist General Khalifa Haftar of killing one person. The spokesman for the army unit Sirte-Jufra Joint Operations, General Abdulhadi Dirah, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the 77th Division of the pro-Haftar forces killed Mohammed Juma in Jufra. The current situation is tense in Jufra, and residents have begun…

Turkish parts who're legitimately in Libya on the official invitation of the federal government and Russia's Wagner's mercenary group that has supported a warlord can't be thought-about equal, safety sources say. "It doesn't matter the platform, provided that the 2 sides (Wagner's mercenaries and Turkish forces) should not equal," the sources informed the Each day Sabah. Just lately, some media and studies have in contrast Turkish forces on the bottom in Libya with the unlawful mercenaries from the…

Armed militias briefly took over a resort within the Libyan capital Tripoli that serves because the headquarters of the interim authorities, officers mentioned on Saturday, suggesting that underlying tensions stay within the war-torn nation that has entered right into a political course of. Friday's growth got here after the three members of the presidential council earlier this week appointed a brand new head of the intelligence service, Libya's model of the CIA. The militia, which controls Tripoli,…

The head of the Libyan National Unity Government will visit Turkey on Monday for talks, a government spokesman told the Anadolu Agency (AA) late on Saturday. Mohammed Hammude said a high-level delegation led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will include five deputy prime ministers and 14 ministers, as well as Secretary-General Mohammed Al-Haddad along with other officials. Hammude said the visit will focus on the return of various partners in the service sector, such as energy and health, as well…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the Libyan unity government and said that recent developments in the war-torn country have promised hope for a permanent solution. The president held separate telephone talks with Mohammad Younes Menfi, head of Libya's presidential council and prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, according to a statement from the Turkish president's communications directorate. Erdoğan stressed that Turkey is ready to provide all necessary support to ensure Libya's…

Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, will be sworn in on Monday to lead the war - torn country's transition to elections in December after years of chaos and division. The North African nation came into conflict after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in a NATO uprising in 2011, which resulted in several forces competing for power. A UN-supervised process aims to unite the country and build on a ceasefire in October between rival administrations in the country's…

Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, will be sworn in on Monday to lead the war - torn country's transition to elections in December after years of chaos and division. The North African nation came into conflict after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in a NATO uprising in 2011, which resulted in several forces competing for power. A UN-supervised process aims to unite the country and build on a ceasefire in October between rival administrations in the country's…

Libya's new caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah took office on Monday after being elected to lead the war - torn country's transition to elections in December after years of chaos and division. The North African nation came into conflict after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in a NATO uprising in 2011, which resulted in several forces competing for power. A UN-supervised process aims to unite the country and build on a ceasefire in October between rival administrations in…

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday said the Turkish-Libyan shipping agreement in the eastern Mediterranean was in the country's interest, as he called on all mercenaries to leave the country. The statement came in response to a question about the agreement at a parliamentary meeting in Sirte for a vote of confidence in the new interim government led by Dbeibah. "The Libyan-Turkish agreement in the eastern Mediterranean is in the interest of the Libyan state," Dbeibah said, adding:…