Erdogan disavows his mercenaries in Libya

Sara Rashad

At a time when the death toll of the Syrian mercenaries transferred to Libya, with the knowledge of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rises to 165, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published a report, stating that a number of militia loyal to Erdogan in the city of Tal Abyad protested Turkish policies towards them, demanding their transfer To the olive branch and the Euphrates Shield, while paying their financial dues.

The Syrian and Libyan scenes reveal signs of defections, a state of restlessness experienced by the militias of Ankara in each of the two countries, as the Observatory reported that the militias located in Tal Abyad entered a sit-in and cut off the road, using rubber tires, to pressure Turkey to implement their demands.

In parallel, a recent audio recording, probably a Syrian mercenary in Libya, has been spreading, monitoring a bad situation. He said: The Syrian militia is living near Tripoli.

The mercenary expressed the remorse for all the Syrians transferred to Libya, calling on all those who wish to go to Libya, who are Syrian militants, to retract the idea.

He explained: «The situation is not good at all, as the Turks failed to pay the fighters’ dues, which amount to $ 2000 per month », followed by:“ Erdogan paid only one month’s salary, then he did not give us anything, we stay at home and even cigarettes do not get it in the majority Times, we cannot leave the house because the area is full of Libyan army forces. ”

He revealed the desire of the militants to return to Syria, noting that payments had already been completed before the return procedures.

The bad situation narrated by the leaked recording is reinforced by the reports that spread during March 2020, according to the infiltration of mercenary groups across the sea into southern Europe, to escape the Libyan scene.

In a statement to the reference, the Libyan politician, Muhammad Al-Zubaidi, considered that this carries indications that Turkey has lost its control over the mercenaries working in Libya under its command, indicating that its failure to fulfill the promises towards those who brought them to Libya means that it will not be able to control it in the short term. .

He pointed out that this will soon affect the number of Turkey’s recipients to Libya, believing that this number will fall when news leaks about Turkey’s lack of commitment to the salaries promised.

He stressed that Turkey’s preoccupation with more than one front made it lose focus in Libya, expecting the Libyan army to be able to end the effectiveness of the mercenary card soon, by targeting them and pushing them to flee.

In another reference to the reference, the Syrian activist, Omar Rahmoun, saw that the protests taking place in Tel Abyad for a group of Turkish militia are not the first, as the relationship between Turkey and its militias is tense, which was reflected by its inability to control the Syrian north tightly.

He cited the patrol that Turkey was unable to pass in the city of Idlib last month, noting that this position caused her embarrassment, especially since she has always promoted herself as the sponsor and controller of the Syrian north.

He pointed out that Turkey began to constrict these militias, because it discovered that the money that it was pumping during the past years was going to the names of imaginary militias that do not exist, which made it reconsider the salary funds before transferring them.

He stressed that this is the reason for the restlessness of the militias, which consider Turkey to abandon them by this behavior.