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The southern Mediterranean braces for warF

Posted On 2 January 2020

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Libya has long been a battleground pitting several regional powers against one another. That competition for influence and control of energy resources, is about to get even more intense. While warlord Haftar has been receiving virtually unlimited support from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France and Russia, his foe, the Government of National Accord in Tripoli has been calling for Turkey to help.  The latter appears happy to respond positively to Libya, a country it used to be its domain during the Ottoman empire. On Monday, 2 January 2020, the Turkish assembly overwhelming approved President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s request for a direct intervention in Libya. And so the region is now bracing for a major war.

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