CAIRO - 20 March 2020: Special Envoy on Libya and Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Jan Kubis said Friday that the Libyan actors "do not want to see foreign presence on their territory." "Libya is still full of unwanted presence of mercenaries or different forces," Kubis told a joint press conference with German Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas in Berlin. They would like to see the soonest withdrawal of mercenaries from their soil," he added. SOHR has been steadfast in its monitoring of Syrian fighters deployed by Turkey to fight in the Libyan conflict in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA). The bulk of Syrian casualties are from the following factions: al-Mu’tasim Division, Sultan Murad, Suqur Al-Shamal Brigade, Al-Hamzat, and Suleiman Shah.

Source: Egypt Today March 20, 2021 12:45 UTC