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Focus LIBYA Issue dated 08/06/2020

Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. The company has been trying for several months to win military training contracts in the wake of Turkey's intervention in the North African country. [...] (958 words)

Sadat and Security Side are carrying out a training mission among the government's forces. ©Reuters

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