Pro-Turkey Syrian Mercenaries Found a Haven in Niger

This Is Beirut, 16/05 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries sent to the West African nation by a private Turkish military company. "The main reason I left is because life is hard in Syria," fighter Omar, 24, told AFP on message app WhatsApp from Niger. In northern Syria, ...