The Deepening Crisis in Turkey-Egypt Relations
... will become even more difficult to apply for natural gas production in the territorial waters of other countries. Cairo supports the troops of Haftar. Egypt is interested in an early end to the war, in the establishment of full control on the Libyan-Egyptian border, and the elimination of all Islamist groups operating in Libya, including the Muslim Brotherhood. In November 2019, a memorandum of military cooperation was signed between Tripoli and Ankara. On January 2, 2020, the Turkish parliament decided to send Turkish troops to Libya to support the government of Saraj. The conclusion of ...