Turkish media: Ankara is preparing to send mercenaries to Somalia

Al-Arabiya Network quoted a report by a Turkish newspaper, which in turn quoted private Syrian sources that refused to disclose, saying that "the transfer of mercenaries will take place through coordination with leaders of Somali militias loyal to Erdogan's administration in Mogadishu."

The sources added that officials from Erdogan's followers held a meeting in the village of Medan Akbes in the occupied city of Afrin on November 12, with the aim of preparing to send a number of "mercenaries" to Somalia.

According to the sources the meeting discussed the preparation the camps to train the mercenaries before sending them to Somalia, noting some of the Syrian militia had rejected sending its fighters to Somalia, but after pressuring from MIT, they accept to the orders."

In addition, according to the information, other orders were issued regarding the place in which the establishment of training camps for mercenaries was set, namely the villages of Ali Piska and Blyka, belonging to Rajo district in the occupied city of Afrin.

The report said that Turkey had opened a border crossing in the village of Benirka in Rajo district, which is close to a base of the Turkish occupation in occupied Afrin, in order to facilitate the transfer of mercenaries to Turkey and then to Somalia, according to what was reported by Al-Arabiya Network.

In the same context, the report conveyed the opinion of a Somali journalist, who said that Erdogan seeks to Turkification Somalia" by changing the names of vital streets, institutions and facilities from Arabic to Turkish.

Journalist Abdul Qadir Hasan said that several Turkish companies have seized vital Somali facilities, most notably the Turkish company Favori’s seizure of the concession for managing “Adam Adi International Airport”, and the Turkish “Albayrak” company seized 55% of the Mogadishu port revenues 5 years ago.

He pointed out that the Turkish military intervention in Somalia came under the pretext of supporting the federal army against the rebels, but the truth is otherwise, as Turkey supports "terrorist groups" to control its control over the country's capabilities and to protect its influence in Somalia.

In the same context, several reports reported that Erdogan had new plans against the Kurds in Bakur Kurdistan and Turkey, as reports said that Erdogan intends to send mercenaries from the Turkestan Islamic Party to the city of Amad in Bakur Kurdistan.

This mercenary group is one of the militant groups whose members are from the Chinese Uyghurs, Chechens, Uzbeks, Tajiks and others.

The number of members of this mercenary group is estimated at about 7 thousand armed men, as the mercenaries, accompanied by their families, poured into Syria in 2013, and initially settled in the mountains of the coast and the western countryside of Idlib, within the border areas with Turkey, and they are deployed in the countryside of Latakia.

Irrefutable evidence has been proven about Turkey’s involvement in sending mercenaries to many countries, the most important of which is Libya and Karabakh, with the aim of fueling the fire of war in it, supporting one party at the expense of another and fueling the conflict, while many international criticisms affected Ankara because of this file, especially after confirming the killing of dozens of them.

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ANHA