In a post on his Facebook account that has created quite a sensation, Admiral Faraj al-Mahdawi, head of the Libyan Fleet, strongly expressed his opposition to Erdogan’s agreement with Fayez al-Sharjam on maritime borders. The Libyan admiral wrote specifically in fluent Greek: “We will liberate the capital, Tripoli, and destroy the Turkish dream.”

Strategically, the landscape on the Libyan front is now odder than before, with the latest developments raising serious suspicions that the Turkish movement in cooperation with the “Tripoli government” of Saraj may have accelerated their MoU in order to prevent imminent developments in Libya, driven by the support that Russian mercenaries have given Khalifa Haftar’s forces in recent months, tightening the noose around Tripoli. This inevitably complicates Greece’s options…