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After Paris and Cairo, Mohamed el-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council, visited Ankarace on Friday 26 March. There he met with Turkish Prime Minister Reçep Tayyip Erdogan. A "working meeting", confirms the news agency Anadolu, to "discuss the multi-rooted relations" between the two countries. An official request came to President Reçep Tayyip Erdogan to withdraw Syrian mercenaries as well as Turkish military experts who were present in Tripoli at the end of May 2020. According to a Libyan government…

Turkey is sending weapons to Somalia during a sensitive election period MOGADISHU, Somalia - Turkey has sent a shipment of weapons and armored vehicles to Somalia during a season of foreign interference in the country's internal political affairs. Sources familiar with the Defense Ministry told Axadlethat a Turkish cargo plane with weapons and military equipment intended to arm…

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday said in a letter to the port and maritime transport administration that his forces do not oppose the docking of Turkish-flagged commercial ships in the port of eastern Benghazi province, which his militias control. "We have no objection to entering our ports with Turkish-flagged commercial vessels following the stated legal procedures and legislation," Libya Al-Hadath, a pro-Haftar television station, quoted him in the letter. Libya has been torn apart by…

MOGADISHU, Somalia -  Turkish International Minister visits Somalia in the midst of Election. A prime minister from Turkey is ready to visit Somalia in the coming weeks,

Younès Belhanda was fired by Galatasaray on Wednesday, March 10, after criticizing the leaders of the Turkish club. He arrived at the Istanbul club in 2017. The story between Younès Belhanda and Galatasaray has just ended abruptly. The Moroccan international footballer was fired on Wednesday, March 10, by the Turkish club. A…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A contingent of GorGor troops landed at Mogadishu's Aden Abdulle International Airport on Monday after months of training in Turkey, just in the middle of an ongoing stalemate before the election, which has sparked war between the opposition and the federal government. In footage taken at the airport, the troops were seen matching and receiving instructions from their commander, most of whom had the red mark, as they shouted patriotic slogans as a sign of solidarity with the hiring authority.…

Libya's new caretaker government will pay special attention to bilateral relations with Turkey during the new term, the country's caretaker prime minister said in a statement on Thursday. "Our ties with Turkey will be different. It is our economic partner and we support this partnership," Abdul Hamid Dbeibah told a news conference in the capital Tripoli. He also emphasized Libya's commitment to the maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya in November 2019. Dbeibah previously said that Libya would…

Turkey's armed forces have given the Libyan navy five weeks of training in the underwater war, Turkish defense officials said on Sunday. The move is part of Turkey's commitment to Libya based on agreements between the two countries, officials said. According to a statement from the Turkish Ministry of Defense, multifaceted training for Libya's armed forces continues under the agreement on military training, cooperation and consultation. In addition, the coastguard vessel training started on December 20 and will last…

In Libya, if the ceasefire signed last October is still generally respected, the warlords continue to collide through intermediate communication. On Thursday, Marshal Khalifa Haftar called on his troops to "expel the Turkish occupiers". Ankara's response was not long in coming. There is no question for Ankara about losing…

Libyan putschist general Khalifa Haftar, who last year launched an offensive to capture the capital Tripoli from the UN-recognized government for national agreement (GNA) led by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj, on Thursday threatened to use force against Turkish troops if Ankara did not stop supporting it legitimate government in the war-torn North African country. Haftar's comments came in response to the Turkish parliament's decision to extend an 18-month law allowing the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya. Turkish…