ANKARA: Turkey will increase its military support to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) if necessary and it will evaluate ground, air and marine options, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Turkey backs the government of Fayez Al-Serraj in Libya, which has been split into rival political and military factions since 2011. Speaking at an event in the northern province of Kocaeli, Erdogan said Turkey will "absolutely" not turn back from the two agreements it signed with Libya. On Saturday, Ankara's parliament also approved a military agreement with the GNA, opening the way for more direct Turkish involvement in Libya's conflict. On Saturday evening, Haftar's forces announced they had seized a Turkish freighter registered in Grenada off the coast of eastern Libya.

Source: Ethiopian News December 22, 2019 12:56 UTC