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December 30, 2019

What Turkish Intervention in Libya Might Mean for Israel

Erdogan, having made enemies in the eastern Mediterranean, now seeks an ally against them.

Since 2014, Libya has been locked in a civil war between the warlord Khalifa Haftar, backed by the post-Ghaddafi legislature, and the Government of National Accord (GNA), led by the executive branch and dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood and affiliated groups. Haftar enjoys the support of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia. Meanwhile, Ankara has been moving closer to the GNA, just recently concluding a military memorandum of understanding and announcing that it is willing to send troops to protect it. Soner Cagaptay and Ben Fishman note that these moves come at a time when Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strained his relations with many countries in region:

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