Qatar will begin sending military advisers to Libya to bolster the forces of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli, the body's deputy defence minister said on Monday.
The comments came during a visit to the GNA by the defence ministers of Turkey and Qatar. They discussed increasing their military help to the government in Tripoli despite international condemnation of a foreign presence there.
Turkey has been providing troops, Syrian mercenaries it has trained and weapons to the GNA since January.
Ankara's interference in the war has been heavily criticised by the European Union, especially France, and other countries including Egypt, Cyprus, Bahrain and the UAE...
Qatar agreed to send military advisers [foreign mercenaries?] to train Libyan forces under the GNA and provide places for Libyan recruits at Turkish and Qatari military colleges, Libya's Al Ahrar TV reported...
Turkey has been assisting GNA forces in their fight against the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, which is aligned with the House of Representatives' administration in eastern Libya.Qatar to send soldiers to Libya to support GNA, says official | The National | Tuesday, August 18, 2020
The documents, which Fox News reported had been verified by German intelligence officials, showed in detail how the royal family member had supported Hezbollah since 2017.
The contractor said that Qatar's ambassador to Belgium and Nato, Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Khulaifi, tried to cover up the royal family's role in financing Hezbollah with a bribe of €750,000 (Dh3.2 million/$891,100)...
He said at a meeting with Mr Al Khulaifi in Brussels last year, the ambassador was heard to say "the Jews are our enemies"...
Ms Goulet said Qatar had gained a "bad reputation" because of its practices, funding malign groups besides Hezbollah that included the Muslim Brotherhood...
The dossier said two Qatari charities also supplied cash to Hezbollah in Beirut "under the guise of food and medicine".
They were the Sheikh Eid bin Mohammed Al Thani Charitable Association and the Education Above All Foundation...
Hezbollah was founded by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Lebanon in 1982 as a proxy militia for Tehran.
It retains close links with Iran and depends on it for financial support.Qatar's funding for Hezbollah threatened US troops, report claims | Callum Paton | August 6, 2020 | The National