35 Turkish soldiers sent to Libya so far

Turkey has deployed 35 military personnel to Libya but they will not take part in any fighting, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to local media yesterday. “The soldiers will not fight. Other soldiers who will be deployed later will also not enter any combat,” Erdogan told his ruling party, according to the Hurriyet daily. He said the soldiers were carrying out training and coordination tasks for Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli. Turkey’s parliament last week approved a military deployment to support the Tripoli government against an assault by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.