Turkey to commence troop deployment in Libya
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that in accordance with Libyan prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj's request and after due approval by the Turkish parliament, Turkey will begin to deploy its military in Libya to support the NATO-backed Government of National Accord led by al-Sarraj against attacks by rival government Libyan National Army's General Khalifa Haftar. Erdogan emphasised that the Turkish military is being deployed mainly as a peacekeeping force.
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