Syrian mercenaries arrive in Libya; Erdogan seeks to drag the Maghreb into the abyss

On Saturday morning, the Arab press focused on the transfer of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, in addition to Turkey's interventions in the Arab Maghreb.

Al-Arab: Syrian pro-Turkish mercenaries arrive on flights to Tripoli

The Arab newspapers published this morning on the Syrian issue dealt with several issues, the most prominent of which was the transfer of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, and in this context, Al-Arab newspaper confirmed, "Friday, political and field sources confirmed that the arrival of Syrian fighters recruited by Turkey to fight alongside the militias supporting the accord government led by Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli, in an indication of the actual engagement of the Turkish regime to confront a decisive attack by the Libyan army to restore the Libyan capital.

The sources told the newspaper, "The total number of Syrian fighters who have already arrived during the past two days are up to a thousand fighters, and the flights were through the Libyan Airlines and African Airlines companies, indicating that the last flight of the African Airlines landed at Maitika airport and its passage over the Misurata line was to camouflage."

It explained that "the Presidential Council called the African Airlines Thursday night and asked for a casual flight to Istanbul on Friday evening and its itinerary (Mitika Istanbul - Istanbul Mitika) and it will take off empty without passengers towards Istanbul at exactly six o'clock" local time.

The sources said, "The number of flights implemented so far is 4 flights by large aircraft, including two from Libyan Airlines and two from African Airways."

Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Iran's allies are stepping up their campaign against Saleh

On the Iraqi issue, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper said, "The waving of Iraqi President Barham Saleh to resign deepened the crisis of naming a new prime minister to succeed Adel Abdul-Mahdi, while the building bloc near Iran - whose three candidates refused - called for Saleh to be held accountable."

And the {construction} Parliament called for “taking legal measures against the President of the Republic to break the oath and violate the constitution.”

For his part, the supreme Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani chose to remain silent about what was going on, and his representative in Karbala, Ahmed Al-Safi, made reference only in his Friday sermon to criticize “The people of wisdom and reason are not heard.”

On the other hand, 10 shells landed yesterday on the camp «K1», which includes American forces near Kirkuk.

Okaz: Erdogan shuffles the cards ... and drags the Maghreb into the abyss

Regarding Turkey’s moves in the Arab Maghreb, Okaz newspaper said, “Once the President of the Turkish regime, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left Tunisia, until conflicts erupted within the Tunisian House over the situation regarding what is happening in Libya, Tunisians are politically and socially in a state of resentment due to the interference of their country in accordance with the policy of the interlocutors in Libya, The intervention should be based on the rules of the neighborhood and the Libyan interest, not the Turkish interest or foreign agendas.

"And between Erdogan's statement in which he said he agreed with Tunisia to support al-Sarraj government, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry denied these statements, confirming that they are unfounded and that it is looking at the situation in Libya through the Libyan interest's portal and political dialogue is necessary. It seems that the visit involved Tunisia in What is happening inside Libya, and it seems clear that there are those who want to drag the Arab Maghreb into the abyss. "

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ANHA