From Foreign Waters

The Libyan Coast Guards cooperates with EU preventing desperate immigrants to reach Europe through the Mediterranean, even in illegal way. After secret agreements between Italy, Malta and Libyan unrecognized Government of National Accord, this time the British “The Guardian” revealed a coordinated and unlawful EU assault on the rights of desperate people trying to cross the sea.  The investigation showed that on the night of 26 March 2019, two small boats made their way north across the Mediterranean. “The rubber crafts were flimsy; it would be nearly impossible for those onboard to make it to Europe without help. From the north, a twin-propeller aeroplane from the European Union naval force approached. From the south, the coastguard from the country they had just fled, Libya, was coming”.  Wrote Daniel Howden and Apostolis Fotiadis, adding that the aircraft arrived first but there would be no rescue from Europe. Instead the flight, callsign Seagull 75, radioed the ...

The Libyan Embassy in Syria officially resumed work on Tuesday in Damascus.   The delegation of the interim government of Libya from Benghazi and the deputy head of the Syrian Foreign Ministry Faisal Mekdad took part in the ceremony of raising the flag over the diplomatic mission in the metropolitan area of ​​Abu Rumman.   "The resumption of diplomatic relations between our fraternal countries will allow them to jointly confront common challenges and, in particular, Turkish interference in the affairs of the Arab peoples," Mekdad said.   According to the diplomat, "the flags of other Arab states will soon be raised in the sky of Damascus."   On March 1, a memorandum was signed in Damascus on the resumption of diplomatic relations between Syria and Libya.   Both sides agreed "on coordinating foreign policy activities and joint steps to repulse Turkish aggression against the Syrian and Libyan peoples."   On Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assa...

The Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari confirmed that a new shipment of weapons arrived at Misrata port from Turkey last week revealing that the cargo would have already been unloaded and reached the militias affiliated to the Government of National Accord (GNA) south of Misurata and Garabulli where violent clashes are still ongoing. The weapons and equipment arriving from Turkey to Misrata today aim at supporting the combat capabilities of terrorist organizations and armed gangs in the western region, Ahmed al-Mismari said. On Friday the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed for the first time that a number of Turkish soldiers had been killed in Libya. After revealing the presence of Syrian fighters among members of the Libyan military personnel training force, Erdogan announced the death of several of his soldiers in Tripoli. “Turkey is there in Libya with a training force. There are also people from the Syrian National Army,” Erdogan t...

On Sunday, while speaking to London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and Lebanon-based Al-Mudun, Qatar’s foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, expressed his country’s indebtedness towards Turkey, especially for its support during the Arab boycott. Qatar faced economic blockade from the the regional powers, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, over its ties with terror groups including Brotherhood, Hamas (Brotherhood’s Palestinians wing) ISIS and Al Qaeda. Al Thani said, “Turkey has supported the people of Qatar in a very tough time when our neighbours acted against us and some other countries left us alone as a result of political pressure. Therefore, we will never forget this stance and we will side with them in the face of any difficulty." Al Thani told reporters, “Turkey is one of the leading countries that we prioritize our relations. We are in a consensus about many issues that we share the same political opinion on. One of them is to assist the Syria...

The possibilities for the practical implementation of the memorandum of understanding on the issue of marine zones, which Ankara and Tripoli signed, should be blocked.   This conclusion was reached by the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a telephone conversation between them on Thursday, which was reported by the official representative of the Cypriot government Kiriyakos Kushos.   According to the latter, al-Sisi condemned the memorandum, saying that this document does not have legal status, and agreed with Anastasiadis that "all necessary measures should be taken to stop the implementation of the provisions of the illegal agreement."   According to Kushos, the President of Egypt also told the head of Cyprus that a possible Turkish military presence in Libya would destabilize the region.   Anastasiadis and Al-Sisi also agreed that the foreign ministers of the three allied countries - Cyprus, Egypt...