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American and Turkish Firms Protect Libya Border
The article discusses Libya's increasing efforts to strengthen its border surveillance amid political division. Both the Libyan National Army’s General Command and the Government of National Unity have announced separate projects involving Turkish and American companies. The Libyan National Army’s project includes a comprehensive system for managing the 275-kilometer land border, aimed at combating smuggling, migrant trafficking, and cross-border crime, with a focus on monitoring desert areas in the east and south. Conversely, the Tripoli-based government’s efforts concentrate on installing modern systems at ports and land crossings, assisted by American companies, to enhance monitoring of people and goods through ports and airports. The political divide in Libya is reflected in the development of security capabilities, with differing relations—Libya’s eastern-oriented tendencies and closer ties with Turkey, a Tripoli ally, as well as a shift toward eastern alignments. Attention is also drawn to the particularly weak security on the southern borders, due to the vastness and complexity of the area, which borders neighboring countries. This is compounded by the remnants of older projects that began before 2011 but were halted or delayed due to the revolution and current circumstances.
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