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Turkey Detains Libyan Trying to Cross Syrian Border
2021-02-18
[LibyaReview] A Libyan citizen was detained in southern The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
while trying to illegally cross the border from Syria, the Ottoman Turkish Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"Our border guards stationed in Hatay’s Narlica district (in southern Turkey) caught six people including one Libyan and five Russian nationals who were attempting to illegally cross into Turkey from Syria," the ministry tweeted

In a separate incident, Ottoman Turkish authorities this week also arrested a 26-year-old woman with her two children near the Syrian border, accused of links to IS.

This comes at a time when Turkey is turning a blind eye to thousands of foreign jihadists in Idlib, where more than 10,000 Ottoman Turkish soldiers are believed to be stationed.

Notably, Turkey has recruited thousands of Syrian-based fighters to travel to Libya and take part in the conflict.
Related:
Hatay: 2021-01-28 Turkey announces arrest of 12 foreign ISIS members attempting to enter Syria
Hatay: 2021-01-24 Italy arrests suspected al-Qaeda foreign fighter caught in Turkey
Hatay: 2021-01-23 Large Turkish army column of reinforcements heads to northwestern Syria
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  So it's OK for Turks to go to Libya but not the other way around.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-02-18 11:21  

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