Conflicts of interests flare up inside militias of Syria and Libya

Wars continue on terrorist factions in both Libya and Syria, as armed groups face military campaigns launched by the Libyan and Syrian armies, respectively, to liquidate the terrorist presence on their soil.

The last bastions

Idlib city is considered the last point of gathering of factions in Syria, after the Syrian army succeeded in regaining control of the entire Syrian geography. The city of Tripoli is also the last stronghold of terrorists in Libya, after the Libyan army imposed control over the east and south of Libya.

The war on terrorism is not the only point in the similarities between the Libyan and Syrian files. The loss of both countries represents a great loss for Turkey as the most prominent supporter of the militias, as it means the loss of either of them, a loss of all Turkish influence within that lost country.

A new similarity has recently been solved, summarized by internal disputes between the militias of Idlib and Tripoli, and if the differences, according to factions’ testimonies through its channels on Telegram have facilitated the passage of the Syrian army into the areas subject to the factions, will it be a solution in Libya to end the battles for the Libyan army?

The factions front in Syria is going through internal disagreements. The factions bear the headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham, the largest faction operating in Idlib and its ruler, responsible for losing lands in favor of the Syrian army, accusing it of treason and withdrawing from the battles.

In parallel, disputes persisted within the Libyan factions, as the Minister of the Accord Government, Fathi Pashaga, attacked the Tripoli militia, which prompted the latter to accuse the former of adopting the Misrati project, to enable the Brotherhood Misratan militias in the capital at the expense of the Tripoli militias.

Pashaga had addressed in a press conference, last Sunday, the illegal role played by the militia Al-Nawasi, vowing to hold it accountable.

Al-Sarraj’s interior minister claimed, during the press conference, that what he called “the intelligence agency” contained “competent officers”, indicating that the agency had been penetrated by an unidentified militia, in reference to the Nawasi militia.

“This militia has begun to conspire against the police and the Attorney General’s office. We will not be lenient in dealing with the militias that exploit the security services. There is corruption that we will face, and I will deal with it by law. We want to dismantle criminality and organized crime and militias that attack the police services, claiming that no,” he said. There is a difference between all militias in all of Libya, east and west, and we are against them all.

The matter did not stop at that, as the so-called "Al-Samoud Brigade" led by the militia Salah Badi rushed to announce the support of Pashaga in his position, which seemed to provoke the militias of the capital and a reason to attack him, so that the Minister of Interior retreated a step back, saying: “I did not mean that. I talk about it all. There are "honest people" and people who fight on the Tabiah and are present in Tabat, and in it people who exploit the intelligence that is supposed to work with you.

But it seems that this was not enough. One of the Nawasi militia members, Ali Ramli, came out in a video to attack Pashaga, threatening the Syrian mercenaries who had acknowledged their presence in Syria.