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Tripoli's government formally asks Turkey to send troops

Tripoli's government formally asks Turkey to send troops
Tripoli's government formally asks Turkey to send troops

2019-12-27 00:00:00 - From: Baghdad Post


Libya's internationally recognized government has formally requested from Turkey "air, ground and sea" military support to fend off an offensive of eastern forces to take the capital Tripoli, a Tripoli official said on Thursday, Reuters reported.


Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said earlier his country will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month.