Turkey has begun deploying troops to Libya at the request of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. The move comes after the intensification of fighting in recent weeks has put the GNA’s control of the country’s capital at risk, with the rival Libyan National Army (LNA) making a series of military gains.

The historically vexed relationship between Turkey and Greece has fallen to a particularly low ebb in recent years. While longstanding border and territorial disputes have rumbled on, an increasing reliance on nationalist rhetoric for their domestic audiences has heightened hostility between the two governments

On December 31, General Metin Temel, commander of the Second Army, which is charged with protecting Turkey’s southern border, and Brigadier General Mustafa Barut, a key Temel ally and commander of the Fourth Commando Brigade, were reassigned by presidential decree to the Evaluation and Inspection Division of the Turkish General Staff.

President Trump has signalled his intention to withdraw US troops from Syria, with media reports indicating the process will begin almost immediately, with the aim of being completed within 100 days. The decision comes after a conversation between Presidents Trump and Erdogan on December 14, in which the Turkish leader is reported to have

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