About 300 foreign mercenaries have left eastern Libya, the French Foreign Ministry announced today, welcoming the start of the withdrawal of thousands of foreign troops fighting with both sides in the conflict. The withdrawal was announced in November by forces controlling eastern Libya. "The implementation of the full withdrawal process of mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces must follow as soon as possible," he added. The spokeswoman did not specify when the mercenaries left and where they had gone to Libya. The ceasefire agreed in 2020 in Geneva called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries by January 2021, but this did not happen.

Source: Libya Today January 04, 2022 22:24 UTC