Fallout over Libyan central bank governor’s dismissal presents immediate challenge for Sisi and ErdoğanA new alliance between Egypt and Turkey designed to end a long-running dispute over events in the Middle East faces it first major test in the shape of a worsening political crisis in Libya linked to control of its oil wealth.Egypt and Turkey fell out in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab spring, primarily because of the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s coup against his Islamist predecessor, Mohamed Morsi, an ally of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/egypt-turkey-alliance-tested-crisis-libya
Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Publish date : 2024-09-10 10:19:59
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