Turkey rushes to send troops to Libya amid Idlib tensionAccording to the senior officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a bill to seek parliamentary consent for the deployment of troops to Libya will be submitted to parliament this week, much before the announced timing. Kılıçdaroğlu made clear that his party will not vote in favor of sending troops to Libya. The HDP will stand against the motion as well while the MHP will likely stand with the AKP on sending troops to Libya. Having said all about the impending Libya mission, there are some other concerns for the Turkish army stemming from the Idlib province of Syria. For many in Ankara, escalation in Idlib is not totally irrelevant to the developments in Libya where Turkey and Russia support the opposite camps.

Source: Libya Today December 29, 2019 21:11 UTC