Journalist Ayman Daoud Al-Tamimi conducted an interview with one of the Syrian fighters recruited in Libya for the Erdogan government, which revealed that the promises that the fighters received in return for fighting the war in Libya were not fulfilled.
Syrian brigades fighting in Libya
The 32-year-old fighter explained that he took up arms for the first time in 2012 and fought with Liwa al-Tawhid against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Aleppo, and that he went to Libya twice, the first time of 3 months and 20 days, then he was returned to Syria, and was summoned again to travel to Libya, stressing that the Syrian forces fighting in Libya are the Hamzat Brigade, Al-Mu’tasim, Sultan Murad, Sultan Suleiman Shah, Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh, and the Majd Corps.
Fake promises
Regarding the promises made to them to fight in Libya, the fighter said that they were initially promised 2,000 dollars in addition to Turkish citizenship, but after their arrival in Libya, they received salaries other than those promised in Syria, and salaries became $ 1,400 every two months, while they were not granted citizenship. He also indicated that he was injured in Libya and that he was not given anything.
The most prominent confrontations
Regarding the confrontations fought by the Syrian mercenaries who were sent by Erdogan to Libya, the fighter said that they participated in the clashes of Salah al-Din, Wadi Rabie, the Airport Road and Ain Zara, confirming that about 1000 people were killed among their ranks.
He emphasized that their role in the fighting in Libya was not the same as it was in Syria because they participated in the fighting because of hunger and the difficult conditions in Syria, adding to the journalist, “You know that he who fights on his land fights for the creed,” noting that the nature of the different terrain made their participation less effective.
Fighters “in the camps”
The fighter pointed out that the Syrian fighters who are in Libya are inside the camps and do not have a presence on the front lines or any axes, stressing that most of the participants among the Syrian fighters in the ongoing war in Libya are “new volunteers”, and reiterating that the fighters went to war to escape hunger and difficult conditions in Syria.
