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Turkey begins deploying soldiers to Libya after Parliamentary approval, says Erdogan

In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkish soldiers had begun deploying to Libya after receiving approval from Parliament last week. Mr Erdogan said, Turkey was not sending its own combat forces, but that different teams would take on coordination tasks.<br />''<br />'' He said, senior Turkish military personnel will coordinate the fighting force in Libya and provide training on the ground. Mr Erdogan said, their mission was to ensure stability for the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the Turkish Government has given no details about the scale of the military deployment. The Libyan Government is fighting an insurgency by rebel forces under Gen Khalifa Haftar, based in eastern Libya. <br />''<br />''General Haftar is backed by Egypt and the UAE, while the UN-backed Government is supported by Turkey and its ally Qatar.<br />''<br />

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