"This is one of the encouraging gestures that we have seen. There are movements (of the Syrian militia forces) that have been seen and noted," said the source, who asked not to be named.
The Syrian militia forces' presence in Libya alongside
"Our message is that this must continue, not only with the Syrian mercenaries but with all foreign forces," added the source.
The source said there had been discussions on the issue between Libya's new interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and the Turks.
The source added that statements from the
Libya's new unity government earlier Thursday demanded the "immediate" withdrawal of all foreign mercenaries, in a call backed by the visiting top diplomats of La Belle France, Germany and Italia.
Oil-rich Libya has been torn by civil war since a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
-backed uprising led to the toppling and killing of dictator Moamer Qadaffy in 2011.
A new transitional executive emerged from a UN grinding of the peace processor that was launched in November in Tunis, then voted on in Geneva and confirmed by Libya's parliament on March 10.
La Belle France has been bitterly critical of
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...'s military intervention in Libya, while rejecting claims that Gay Paree had secretly favoured Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...
in the conflict.
Receiving the visiting chairman of Libya's Presidential Council Mohammad Menfi in Gay Paree on Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron insisted that the withdrawal of all foreign forces was a priority.
"We must do everything so that foreign forces who are on the ground in Libya leave as soon as possible," said Macron.
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