Resource rich but chronically unstable, Libya is a magnet for foreign intervention. Russia, Turkey, and a host of others have waded into the North African nation’s bruising civil war. But Europe, a continent with strong historical ties to the region...
The previous week, President Erdogan announced his plan to send Turkish troops to Libya. The necessary legitimation of the Turkish parliament now exists and with potentially even more fragility in the region. The plan was mandated on Thursday. As a...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a motion to Parliament that would authorize the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya. The declaration came after the Libyan government requested military assistance in its war against renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar...
Ever since the forced demise of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 through NATO’s half-hearted operation, the country has been plunged into intense instability and chaos. Instead of introducing democracy to the North African country, the events of 2011 created...
Rage, resentment and multiple resignations among high-ranking Syrian rebel leaders and commanders have come fast at the heels of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s unilateral decision to dispatch thousands of proxy Syrian fighters – with the possibility of sending additional...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated his intention to provide military support to Libya’s recognized government in his latest attempt for increased geopolitical relevance and projection of Turkish power. In order to facilitate the deployment of Turkish troops, Erdogan...
The Tunisian presidency has dispelled rumors it is considering forming an alliance with Turkey with the aim of backing the Government of National Accord (GNA), which currently controls the Libyan capital ofTripoli. In a statement on December 26, the presidency...
The Turkish strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean highlighted that Ankara will keep pushing with more and more expansionist claims, interpreting International Law to the best interest of the country. It makes perfect sense, that this policy has been unfolding at...
Seven months after the military offensive began to gain control of Tripoli, launched on April 4 2019 by General Khalifa Haftar, the situation in Libya is desperate. The World Health Organization has stopped keeping track of fatalities, which are at...
It’s a day like any other in Tripoli. The city is waking up in the early hours of the morning before the humid July heat becomes unbearable. About five kilometres from the centre, a cloud of black smoke is rising,...
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