Turkey sends Syrian mercenaries to Niger to secure strategic interests - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper : vimarsana.com

Hundreds of Syrian mercenaries have been sent by Turkey to Niger in recent months to protect Ankara's economic and military interests in the West African nation, a rights group and experts said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has researchers throughout Syria, reports that recruitment of Syrian fighters for deployment to Niger has…

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