On 30 July 2021, the Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission announced the reopening of the coastal road linking the country’s east and west. The road, which spans the length of…
Libya
-
-
Despite an October 2020 ceasefire agreement and repeated international calls to expel all foreign forces and mercenaries from the Libyan conflict, recruitment operations continue to enlist and transfer Syrian mercenaries…
-
Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
Hundreds of Syrians Deployed to Libya Despite the Ceasefire Agreement
by z.ujayliIntroduction Parties in the Libyan conflict reached a permanent ceasefire agreement across the country on 23 October 2020.[1] The agreement contained a term on the removal of various groups of…
-
Human Rights Journalism
Syrian Mercenaries in Libya: Fraudster Commanders and Recruits Involved in Serious Violations
by z.ujayliIntroduction Commanders of the Syrian National Army (SNA)—backed by Turkey and affiliated with the Syrian opposition—arbitrarily deprived Syrian recruits of parts of their salaries, which they are paid in return…
-
Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
Syria-Libya: Child Soldiers Stranded at Mitiga International Airport
by z.ujayliSince late 2019, Syrian fighters have been recruited to join the war in Libya as mercenaries within the ranks of the Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj…
-
Executive Summary The present report addresses the phenomenon of recruiting Syrians from areas controlled by Turkey and the Syrian opposition to fight in Libya as mercenaries alongside the Government of…
-
This report was previously titled “To Nagorno-Karabakh, not Libya: How did Russian Forces Trick Dozens of Syrians into Mercenarism in Armenia?”. Following comments and additional testimonies, the report was renamed,…
-
Facts Tracker
Further information on the circulated photo reported to be of Syrians on Turkish A400 military aircraft
In the second half of September 2020, Syrian, regional media outlets and social media circulated a photo of people on board a military aircraft defining them to be Syrian fighters…
-
Commentaries & Dispatches
Russia’s and Turkey’s Recruitment of Syrian Mercenaries to Libya: Two Faces of the same Colonialist Coin
Syrians for Truth and Justice’s investigations into the recruitment and deployment of Syrians, for some civilians and children, to Libya by Turkey and Russia as mercenaries has highlighted the dire…