REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/ File PhotoPresident Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey might enter Israel as it had done in the past in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, though he did not spell out what sort of intervention he was suggesting. Erdogan, who has been a fierce critic of Israel's offensive in Gaza, started discussing that war during a speech praising his country's defense industry. "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to Palestine. In 2020, Turkey sent military personnel to Libya in support of the United Nations-recognized Government of National Accord of Libya. Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who heads the Government of National Unity in Tripoli, is backed by Turkey.

Source: Libya Today July 28, 2024 21:52 UTC