Monday, January 20, 2020

Turkey Is Offering $2,000 Salaries And Turkish Nationality For Syrians To Fight In Libya

Arif Hudaverdi Yaman / Anadolu Agency

Asia Times: Syrians enlist in Libya war day after Berlin talks

Fighters offered $2,000 salaries and Turkish nationality as Ankara seeks to bolster interests in Libya.

On Monday, less than 24 hours after world powers agreed to halt arms shipments to Libya’s warring sides, men in northern Syria were still signing up to fight for the Turkish-backed government in Tripoli.

“The registration of fighters to go to Libya is continuing until this moment,” an Asia Times correspondent in Syria reported Monday afternoon, after visiting one of three recruitment centers in the Turkish-dominated northern countryside of Aleppo.

Approximately 800 Syrian men are currently preparing to go to Libya, an official with Syria’s opposition Ministry of Defense told Asia Times on condition of anonymity.

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WNU Editor: I would not be surprised if Turkey signs up a few thousand.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Turkey should leave NATO. Join club Putin, it's fine.

Caecus said...

Turkey and Russia are on opposite sides in Syria and Lybia

Anonymous said...

Caecus

Good! So Russia can clip Erdogan's wings by proxy of course and Erdogan and his Islamicists can be discredited.