https://southfront.org/thousands-turkish-proxy-fighters-flood-into-libya-amid-berlin-peace-talks/
Turkey is increasing its military involvement in the Libyan conflict. After officially sending its military advisers and officers to support the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey set up air defense systems near Mitiga Airport. The airport hosts warplanes of the GNA Air Force, and Turkish-supplied Bayraktar TB2 combat drones. According to photos and videos available online, the deployed Turkish systems included the MIM-23 Hawk, the ACV-30 Korkut SPAAG, and the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel 3D radar.
Since the start of the advance of the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli in April 2019, Mitiga Airport repeatedly became a target of airstrikes. These strikes led to notable losses in GNA military aircraft. The Turkish move is apparently aimed at securing operations from Mitiga Airport. Despite this, the facility still remains too close to the frontline and thus any aircraft deployed there remains in a constant danger.
Meanwhile, the number of members of Turkish-backed Syrian militant groups deployed in Libya reportedly grew to 2,400. According to reports, 1,700 more Syrian fighters are now passing training in military camps in Turkey before being deployed to fight on the side of the GNA. The total number of Turkish proxies in Libya remains unconfirmed. However, photos and videos appearing online indicate that hundreds of Turkish-backed fighters arrive Libya via planes on a regular basis.
On January 18, the Benghazi-based government allied with the LNA blocked oil exports at ports under his control, slashing output by more than a half. According to Libya’s National Oil Corp., oil output will fall by about 800,000 barrels a day, costing $55 million daily. The corporation declared Force Majeure, which can allow Libya, which holds Africa’s largest-proven oil reserves, to legally suspend delivery contracts. The LNA says that the ports were closed in response to ‘demands of the Libyan nation’ that stands against the GNA-requested Turkish intervention.
The move came ahead the Berlin conference demonstrated to international players the LNA readiness to provide own course regardless the possible cost. The conference took place on January 19 involving top delegations from the GNA, the LNA, as well as global and regional players, including the USA, Turkey, the UAE, Egypt, Russia, France, Italy and Germany.
The participants of the Berlin conference declared their support the ceasefire between the GNA, the LNA, declared their commitment to a political solution of the conflict. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the warring sides in Libya’s conflict agreed to respect an arms embargo and not to provide the varying sides with military support. The representatives of the Libyan conflict agreed to form a five-by-five military commission that should work on resolving the existing tensions. The document on Libya will have to be approved by the UN Security Council. This makes the Libyan peace process dependent on other geopolitical issues.
On top of that, the unconditional ceasefire goes against interests of the LNA, which has an upper hand in an open military confrontation with the GNA. Haftar may regret that he agreed to participate in the Berlin negotiations format, where he faced a joint pressure from Western powers involved in the conflict.
Why the hell Assad is not taking this opportunity to gain ground in Idleb ?
Probably waiting for Erdogan to get nice and stuck in Libya.And he’s moved most of the pro-Turkish terrorists out of that region to fight in Libya.Then I suspect the Syrian forces to move in with force.
What else would they do? Distribute teddy bears?
Putin has convinced Erdogan to cull his terrorist army elsewhere.
Libya is open and flat with very few cities. Both sides (Globalists) need to kill off young male energy as the ritual they are engaged in requires blood. They are culling the the revolutionary enery of a new generation, as they must if they are to maintain their power.
Color me suspicious. The Hawk wiki says this very short range SAM came into service in 1959, and the last date mentioned is 1998. The ACV-30 Korkut SPAAG seems to be a fine little 35mm cannon system – one which might be as useful shooting at ground targets as ones in the air. The radar appears to be a modern. Putting this stuff out within easy range of enemy artillery/mortar/drone attacks screams “bait” to me. Might Erdogan be looking for an excuse to duck out of any agreements he made with the Russians?
Why is Turkey sending forces to Libya? The answer is gas
Europe Mulls Military Mission in Libya, Amid Oil Disruption
The explanation at the link makes no sense to me. But I don’t have any alternative explanation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe-mulls-military-mission-in-libya-amid-oil-disruption/ar-BBZ8DWs
World leaders pledge not supply weapons to warring parties as peace negotiations in Germany bring all
sides together
“Yet the risk remains that some participants will merely pay lip service to the diplomatic initiative, even as
they continue to fuel a war from which they benefit.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/world-powers-meet-berlin-discuss-libya-crisis-200119023145417.html
In my opinion, the Libya Peace Talks are like “Much Ado About Nothing”
The same NATO leaders that killed Quadaffi?
Remember back in the day Quadaffi offered free medical, education, … everything to his people, now they have nothing except poverty, death, and misery. Post NATO love-bombing, and Hillary anal probing. “We came we saw, he Died”.
U got to love the West first they destroy your country, then they come in an setup a new government, then they send in a new foreign army to destroy that new gov, and endlessly repeat the cycle until the entire country has been depopulated
The West had wanted the Libyan Oil since the 1950’s, but since the 1970’s in earnest, but Quadaffi’s talk of a Dinar backed by gold was the bullet to his head, just like Saddam, just like Soleimani. Just like Noriega, just like Hitler, we create them, then we destroy, them and then do it again, and again, until there is nothing but dust being blown away by the wind.
Amen to the person who wrote this. The Israeli agent in the White House is simply an unwitting stooge who lacks the intellect to even comprehend what he is actually doing. E Michael Jones will outline the issue about that “Tribe’ that has been causing mischief in our World for the past two thousand years.
Yes, and one of those ‘Leaders’ was Cameron…in this link listen to this murderous moron gloating over the ‘victory’ of the Libyan people…his words at 1.03…
“We will stand with you as you build your democracy. We’ll stand with you as you build your country for the future…”
Yeah right, some victory all right…some help in rebuilding…NOT.
This disgusting piece of crap should have his head on a pike just like his Blair predecessor who helped to orchestrate the murder of more than 1 million Iraquis.
I won’t even bother to post HRC the gloating cackling witch from the west’s rendition…I’m sure you have all seen it 100 times already. Cameron and Sarkozy acting like a pair of Cheshire cats in a milking parlor are way more than most could bear in one sitting anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpyH9sPKk30
Don’t get sidetracked, Jews are dupes in this game – just another chesspiece
Yes HisName, the same NATO leaders who cruelly killed Gadaffi,
with the exception of Germany.
Germany – thanks to Guido Westerwelle, former Foreign Minister
– did not participate in the war in Libya.
Turkey opposed the US led attack on Libya, as did Russia.
Turkey opposes any NATO operation in Libya
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-turkey-idUSTRE72D49D20110314
” NATO member Turkey on Monday said it opposed growing international calls to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, saying such operation would be unhelpful and fraught with risk.
“Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country would be totally counter-productive,” Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is the only Muslim member of NATO, told an international forum in Istanbul.
Erdogan spoke as France stepped up efforts to persuade world powers to impose a no-fly zone and after the Arab League gave a regional seal of approval NATO has said is vital for any military action. ”
Re Germany
https://newrepublic.com/article/85702/germany-libya-intervention-qaddafi-merkel
“It may have come as a surprise to many people that Germany—the lynchpin of the NATO alliance on the European continent and a close ally of the United States since 1949—voted to abstain from the U.N. resolution authorizing force against Muammar Qaddafi.”
Russia didn’t use its veto,why i will never know,now the Reich gangsters may still have attacked Libya but not using that veto didn’t help the situation.
Lamar Hunt once owned all the oil patch in Libya. Ghadaffi nationalized. His family wants it back.
“Reportedly”?
And “reports”?
According to reports, reportedly?
The “LNA” Says…
Entirely credible? Not.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-as-libya-declares-force-majeure-in-oilfields-idUKKBN1ZJ044
“analysts and traders said supply disruptions in Libya will be short-lived and could be offset by other producers, limiting the impact on global markets.”
oil is down today…
If Turkey was unable to prevail in neighbouring Syria, how on earth will it prevail in Libya?
The logistics of supplying an army across the Mediterranean are insurmountable. Too many other powers can sink Turkish ships or shoot down their planes while claiming innocence. Haftar has all the levers he could wish for and he has Egypt right behind him and supporting him. Tunisia is trying to stay out of it.
The only explanations that I can think of are either that Erdogan needs a distraction for his domestic public or that he wishes the terrorists to be far away from Turkish soil
“The only explanations that I can think of are either that Erdogan needs a distraction for his domestic public or that he wishes the terrorists to be far away from Turkish soil”
There is yet another explanation.
The claim of mass troop transfer are untrue. The reasons you mention cast much doubt on the claims anyway
The southfront piece simply isn’t credible- there is no substantive information verifying their claim.
I saw yet more claims (yesterday) stating that all these alleged fighters, who may or may not have been in Libya, have now fled to Italy? Really? How convenient for the LNA is that? The fighters they claimed were there are no longer there since they fled to Italy……. Not so clever way to cover up for a very big lie.