Earlier this month, Libya’s first female foreign minister Najla Mangoush asked Turkey to cooperate in ending the presence of foreign forces in the country, a move that has prompted criticism from certain Libyan political groups.

It was Islamists who attacked Mangoush for her remarks asking foreign mercenaries to withdraw from Libya, Burweila said, noting they had been active in the war-torn country as Turkey’s proxy forces for a decade.

Here is my interview for Turkey Trends with Libya expert Aya Burweila on the latest dynamics between Turkey and Libya