Erdogan’s mercenaries in Libya are rebelling against him

Mustafa Kamel

The monument has become the preferred method for the Turkish regime when dealing with the Syrian mercenaries, after luring them with huge sums of money as a result of going and fighting in the tasks entrusted to them to go to Libya to support the Al-Wefaq militia against the Libyan National Army forces, in addition to deceiving them and exploiting their financial needs. Whereas salaries were forbidden for mercenaries in the capital, Tripoli; This prompted them to seriously threaten, and to stage large demonstrations against the Turks in Tripoli, due to their lack of regular salaries.

Following the deception being practiced by the Turkish regime and its Qatari ally against the mercenaries, and exploiting them in their war against the Libyan National Army, and supporting the Al-Wefaq militia, by deluding them that they will travel on a mission that seems easy, to find themselves on the front line against the Libyan National Army forces; The Turkish intelligence deceived the members of the pro-Ankara Syrian factions, and agreed with them that they are wanted to protect civil institutions in Qatar, after the mercenaries left the Syrian “Afrin”. They later learned that their true destination is in Libya, and not Qatar, and the proxy war is for a feeble amount of money, and these militants belong To the “Suleiman Shah”, “Shah’s Legion,” and “Sultan Murad”; According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Syrian mercenaries from the pro-Ankara factions, who participated in the battles in Libya, revealed their separation, freezing and abandonment of their services, in addition to being deprived, withholding salaries from them, and not receiving all their material dues, as an audio clip of one of the mercenaries, from the pro-Ankara “Hamzat” faction revealed , That the latter refrained from giving them their salaries after their participation in the battles with the Al-Wefaq militia, despite being the first mercenaries to go to Tripoli.

During the audio recording, the Syrian mercenary revealed that they stayed in Libya for 5 and a half months, but they received only 4 months’ salaries, and were deprived of the last month’s salary, before informing them of their dismissal and freezing, and suddenly abandoning their services, and informing them that they do not have any rights, despite the sacrifices That they presented on the battlefield, noting that the mercenaries ’goal in heading to Libya is only for money and improving the conditions of their families. Because life conditions in Syria are very difficult.

Despite all international calls to stop transferring mercenaries to Libya, the latest of which is the American call to withdraw all mercenaries from the countries that have been exhausted by the war for years, these mercenaries are suffering from both problems, Turkey continues to support the Libyan Government of National Accord with fighters and mercenaries, Ankara’s mercenaries have threatened to go out in mass demonstrations For the first time, against the Turkish regime, after they were prevented from obtaining their financial dues and separated.

And the mercenaries’ threat to the Turkish regime prompted the need to quickly contain the matter; Whereas, the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, accompanied by his Qatari counterpart Khaled Al-Attiyah, was sent to the Libyan capital, which is controlled by the militia of the Accord Government led by Fayez al-Sarraj; It was agreed to pay a 30% increase in the salaries of the Syrian mercenaries sent to Libya from Turkey, for fear of their rebellion and their coup against the leaders of Al-Wefaq. And this was based on the request of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense in the Government of National Accord, Salah El-Din Al-Namrouche.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented in its latest statistics the killing of more than 450 Syrians, including children, in the battles of Libya, who were killed during the clashes, especially in the fighting axes in the capital, Tripoli, and the areas under the control of the Government of National Accord backed by Turkey, in addition to the process of recruiting mercenaries, especially children. By the Syrian factions loyal to Turkey and the methods of recruiting them to train them and then send them to fight in the Libyan territories, sometimes without the knowledge of their families, in full exploitation of the difficult living situation and poverty situations.

The process of sending Syrian elements from Turkish-backed factions to Libya comes as the card that Erdogan is playing to stay there as much as possible there, and it has become an opportunity to open the door for the terrorist organization to emerge and establish its presence, taking advantage of the current situation, according to what was confirmed by the spokesman for the Libyan National Army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari. That Turkish intelligence transfers ISIS and Al-Nusra Front fighters from Syria to Libya. “Al-Mismari” explained, during a press conference at the end of December 2019, that Turkey had transferred hundreds of the most dangerous terrorists from ISIS and Al-Qaeda from Syria to Libya, stressing that “elements of the terrorist organization” ISIS “and the Al-Nusra Front were transferred, By Turkish intelligence, and this issue is very dangerous; Because there is a use in one of Tunisia’s airports in this aspect, which is Djerba Airport, where terrorist groups are landed, and then they are transferred to Libya via the Western Mountain, and the airports of Misrata, Zuwara and Mitiga received large numbers from the Al-Nusra Front and ISIS.