Turkey supports Haftar's opponents, the Tripoli-based internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Serraj, and has dispatched military advisers and trainers to help the GNA. Ca
Turkey deployed military support in Libya in January 2020 based on a military and security coordination agreement and maritime agreement with the UN-recognized government of PM Fayez al Sarraj (GNA) in Libya. Turkish assistance contributed to changing the course of the battle and the success of ...
Tensions have also been high lately between France and Turkey over the conflict in Libya, where Paris and Ankara have accused each other of interference. In the latest incident in the Eastern Mediterranean - now investigated by NATO - Paris says Turkish frigates were “extremely aggressive” toward...
Russian and Turkish presidents first announced the TurkStream project in December 2014, but project negotiations were put on hold after the incident with the Russian Su-24 bomber shot down by Turkey in November 2015. The formal agreement to build the pipeline was only signed in autumn of 2016 a...
However, amid mounting competition in Syria and Libya and needing to shore up its nationalist flank at home, Erdoğan’s government adopted a more fulsome embrace of Azerbaijan in the late 2010s that helped upend the status quo. This renewed support was motivated, in part, by a perception ...
LIBYATURKEYMARITIME lawMARITIME boundariesTELEPHONE callsNATURAL gas reservesB A secretive agreement sparks regional concerns. b The Foreign Ministry of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) has defended a recent agreement with Turkey on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. ...