Turkey, Qatar and Libya have decided on a 30 percent increase in the salaries of Syrian mercenaries who are being sent to Libya to fight. This move is an attempt to control any possible rebellion among the Syrian fighters that may lead them to leave the country.
In a Qatari
attempt seeking to satisfy the armed factions and fear splits in the militia
ranks, Qatar’s defense minister Khaled Al-Attiyah and his counterpart Hulusi
Akar met in Tripoli, Libya’s capital city to discuss on the matters regarding
military, security operations and existing defense capabilities of GNA.
In what is being
labeled as a secret meeting, The
Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj
welcomed Defence Ministers, and their accompanying delegations. In information
revealed by the sources, it was GNA that had asked for stronger military
support from the two countries. This led the three involved nations into
deciding that will increase the military support for the Tripoli based
government.
Undersecretary of the Defence Ministry, Salah Al-Deen
Al-Namroush is then believed to have requested for a salary raise to keep the
Syrian mercenaries in control. He made them understand that given the current
situation of revolt and social media targeting Ankara over less payment, it is
better for them to pay their way off.
He wanted to confirm their presence in the fight by giving
them more money and control of the matter before it turned into a widespread
protest.
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