Updated January 5, 2020, 10:14 p.m.
Shortly after Parliament’s decision, Turkish President Erdoğan began sending troops to Libya. In the North African country, soldiers are said to help the government in Tripoli, which is in a power struggle with the influential General Chalifa Haftar.
Turkey begins sending soldiers to the civil war country Libya, That’s what President Recep Tayyip said Erdoğan in late Sunday evening (local time) in an interview with CNN Türk. The Turkish parliament gave Erdoğan the green light for this on Thursday.
“At the moment they are going anyway,” he said. How many soldiers and what kind of troops Turkey initially remained unclear. According to the report, Erdoğan spoke of “different teams”. Accordingly, they should initially take on coordination tasks.
Support for Tripoli
Erdoğan wants to support the internationally recognized government under Prime Minister Fajis al-Sarradsch in Tripoli. This leads to a power struggle with the influential General Chalifa Haftar.
Erdoğan also announced a conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday. It should be about the situation in Iran and Iraq. In the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the United States had killed the high Iranian general Ghassem Soleimani in an air raid on Friday night. (Sg / dpa)
US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran: If he should attack Americans or American institutions, there will be counter-strikes, Trump tweeted.
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