Director of Moral Guidance in the Libyan National Army (LNA), Major General Khaled Al-Mahjoub, stated, Tuesday, that the Turkish-backed mercenaries, deployed in Libya, began to leave the western region of the North African Country.
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Moral Guidance in the Libyan National Army (LNA), Major General Khaled Al-Mahjoub[/caption]
More than 3,000 mercenaries, mostly Syrian nationals, departed from Libya, al-Mahjoub said in a statement,.
At the same time, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), said that many Syrian mercenaries began to return to the northwestern part of the country.
Mahjoub’s comment comes at a time when Turkey has been accused of sending mercenaries to Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan has denied the accusations that Syrian mercenaries have been deployed to the country to fight neighboring Armenia; however, several reports have said these militants are already inside the country and participating in the battle against the Karabakh Republic forces.
On Monday, reliable SOHR sources confirmed that a new batch of some 1,400 Turkish-backed mercenaries returned from Libya to Syria, after completing the duration of their contracts.
According to SOHR statistics, the number of recruits who arrived in Libya rose to nearly 18,000 Syrian mercenaries, including 350 children under the age of 18.
Among those 18,000 mercenaries, 8,500 returned to Syria after completing the duration of their contracts and receiving their financial dues.
It is worth noting that the number of jihadists who were transported from Syria to Libya reached 10,000, including 2,500 Tunisians.
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