Hundreds of Turkish-backed Syrian opposition militants moving into Libya
North-Press Agency
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights sources, about 300 members of the Turkish-backed Syrian armed opposition groups have moved into Libya, while about 1,000 militants are currently in training camps in Turkey, while being prepared to be moved into Libya. The Syrian Observatory added that there is confirmed information about stationing of the Turkish-backed Syrian militants in "Takbali" camp in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
The Syrian Observatory indicated that the salary offered by Turkey ranges between 2,000 to 2,500 dollars per person for a contract of 3 to 6 months in exchange for heading into Tripoli in Libya, and the longer is the duration, the higher the salary that the militant receives. Many of the recruits and militants who have moved into Libya are from "Hazem Movement" armed group, which was disbanded several years ago in Idlib.
Moreover, the Syrian Observatory obtained audio recordings of a person showing the voice of a Turkish militant speaking to a group of recruits about whether they are ready to leave from Syria’s Afrin into Tripoli, where he says: "We will move at 10:00 a.m. from Afrin. We are not a servant of the dollar, but the circumstances we went through and the debts we owe made us do this." As the Observatory indicated the Turkish-backed armed groups had opened centers to register the names of the militants who would leave into Libya to join the the fight.
Furthermore, four centers were opened in Afrin, northern Syria, to attract militants within the bases of the Turkish affiliated armed groups, where an office was opened under the supervision of “al-Hamzat Division” in the former building of the Internal Security Forces (Asayish), and in the local administration building previously under the supervision of “al-Jabha al-Shamiya”, while “al Mu'tasim Brigade” has opened an office in Qibaria village, and in al-Mahmoudiya neighborhood another office under the supervision of "al-Sham Brigade" was opened, according to sources reported to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Syrian Observatory also monitored dozens of people heading for these centers, with the aim of joining the battles in Libya, to operate under the Turkish protection there.