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Abdel Razek al-Nadori will hold meetings as part of 5+5 joint military committee - Anadolu Agency

Ankara's claim to potentially gas-rich areas of eastern Mediterranean angers Greece, France and EU, while Egypt rejects legitimacy of Tripoli-based PM in divided Libya

PM said to escape shooting attack unharmed; parliament scheduled to convene Thursday to name successor

Last Updated On: May 07 2021 11:33 Gmt+3 Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar ended the debate over the withdrawal of Turkish soldiers and Syrian mercenaries from Libya, by asserting that they will remain to preserve Ankara’s interests in Libya and those of Libyans, according to the needs specified by the authorities in the country. These Turkish statements showed that Ankara’s decision to intervene militarily in Libya was not intended to protect Tripoli from a potential attack by Field Ma...

Turkey: army is deployed in Libya to protect rights and interests of the people May 5, 2021 at 12:12 pm | Published in: Africa, Europe & Russia, Libya, News, Turkey A Turkish military de-miner searches for landmines in the Salah al-Din area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on June 15, 2020 [MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images] May 5, 2021 at 12:12 pm Turkey has confirmed that its soldiers are deployed in Libya to protect the rights and interests of the Libyan people, Anadolu has re...

Last Updated On: May 07 2021 09:06 Gmt+3 No top-ranking Turkish official seems to have been left out of the high-level delegation that visited Tripoli to meet Libyan officials on Monday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dispatched Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan and Chief of Staff Yaşar Güler to Tripoli to inform Libyan officials and regional countries that the Turkish intervention in Libya was not an accident and tha...