24 Hours "Our soldiers are gradually leaving," he said. For now, it is unknown how many troops and what troops Turkey sends to Libya. According to the report, Erdogan spoke of "different teams" that will take over the coordination. Turkey's parliament approved sending troops to Libya on Thursday. Prime Minister Fajez al-Seraj's internationally recognized government in Tripoli has requested military assistance from Turkey. The government's position in Tripoli was shaken by General Khalifa Haftar, whose army is in front of Tripoli and is backed by France, Russia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Erdogan said he would speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday about the situation in Iran and Iraq following the assassination of Gen. Kasim Suleimani.
24 Hours The Iraqi parliament on Sunday voted on a resolution calling for an end to the stay in Iraq of military forces affiliated with the US coalition fighting the Islamic State. About 5,000 U.S. troops are currently deployed in that country. "In the event of any hostility, if they do anything that we deem inappropriate, we will impose sanctions on Iraq, very strong sanctions on Iraq," Trump told reporters on Sunday on Presidential Air Force One en route from Florida to Washington. He said that under the possible sanctions, those imposed on Iran would appear "a bit bland." Trump has argued that the government in Baghdad should offset the cost of part of the infrastructure the US has built in Iraq, including a modern air base whose construction, he said, has paid the US billions of dollars. "We don't leave if they don't pay us," he said. The Iraqi parliament adopted a resolution Sunday urging the government to expel foreign troops f...