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In Libya, a grand bargain remains elusive

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Libya’s putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar left the negotiating table in Moscow last week, putting off …
  • Libya
    Opinion

    Turkey is exerting a huge diplomatic effort to allow the fragile cease-fire in Libya to blossom into a lasting peace. Italian Prime Minister Conte visited the Turkish capital Monday, immediately following Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. At the same time, Turkey's foreign minister, defense minister and intelligence chief spent the day in Moscow to facilitate talks between Libya's various warring factions.
  • Turkish and Russian delegations attend the talks on Libya talks in Moscow, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo)
    Opinion

    After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's meeting with key leaders in the Libyan crisis, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Turkey has come to the fore once again as a game changer in Middle Eastern politics. Turkey's diplomatic efforts produced a cease-fire at a time when Tripoli was about to fall into the hands of Gen. Khalifa Haftar. Turkey has mobilized many regional and global actors such as Algeria, Tunisia, Italy and Germany to take more initiative in the Libyan crisis.
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a meeting in Istanbul, Jan. 8, 2020. (AFP Photo)
    Opinion

    With tensions between Iran and the United States de-escalating for now, there is talk about cease-fire agreements in Libya and Idlib.

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  • Turkish Naval Forces

    Turkish Parliament on Thursday authorized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his administration's plans to deploy troops to Libya. The deployment bill passed with the support of the People's Alliance, with 325 votes in favor, despite opposition from the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the Good Party (İP).

  • A satellite view of the Eastern Mediterranean (2011)

    Turkey took three crucial steps in late 2019 to tilt the balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean. Those military and diplomatic measures, which the country took in the Mediterranean theater to strengthen its hand at the negotiating table, indicate that the Libya question will fare as prominently in Turkey's agenda as the Syria file.

  • Turkey-Libya Relations

    With the decision to deploy troops, Turkey affirmed its plans to remain active in the region and its determination to stand its ground

  • Lebanon

    Despite large-scale developments, changes since start of decade, some problems triggering start of uprisings in Arab countries still exist

  • The east Libya-based military commander Khalifa Haftar

    Renegade general Khalifa Haftar, who claims to be the commander of a militia called the Libyan National Army (LNA), is attacking the Libyan capital of Tripoli in a renewed attempt to take down the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).

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