Turkey’s intervention in Libya | Turkey recruits nearly 11,000 Syrian mercenaries, 261 killed in Libyan territory so far

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights continues tracking the issue of Syrian mercenaries transfer by Turkey to Libyan territory, as reliable sources have informed SOHR that new batches have arrived in Libya to join the military operations in the side of the “Government of National Accord” against “Haftar’s forces”.

 

According to SOHR statistics, the number of recruits who arrived in Libya up to date, rose to nearly 7,850 mercenaries, including a group of non-Syrian mercenaries, while nearly 3,000 others arrived in Turkey to undergo training courses.

 

Meanwhile, hundreds of fighters are getting prepared to be transported from Syria to Turkey, since factions of the “National Army” are continuing to list new names at Turkish intelligence’s orders. However, some factions refuse to register their fighter’s onlists required by the “National Army”, which were met with suspension of funds and other restrictions in an attempt to exert pressure on these factions to send new batches of their fighters to join the war in Libya.

 

Syrian Observatory activists has confirmed that more Syrian mercenaries were killed in the ongoing military operations in Libyan territory. At least 12 bodies of mercenaries, who were killed in battles in Libya, have been brought into areas under the control of Turkish forces and their proxies in the northern countryside of Aleppo, bringing the total death toll of Turkish-backed Syrian proxies  killed in military operations in Libya to 261.

 

The fatalities are of the factions “al-Mu’tasim Division, Sultan Murad, Suqur Al-Shamal Brigade, Al-Hamzat and Suleiman Shah”. According to very reliable SOHR sources, the fatalities were killed in clashes on frontlines of Salah Al-Din in the south of Tripoli, Al-Ramlah near Tripoli Airport, Al-Hadabah Project area, Misrata and other areas in Libya.