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Could egypt and turkey go to war in libya egypts president threatens to send in the army turkish back troops make more gains how does that further complicate libyas civil war this isnt a story. Welcome to the program. The battle lines of libyas civil war are changing quickly a few weeks ago after us forces were on the outskirts of the capital tripoli they fought a 14 month battle to remove the u. N. Recognize government of National Accord well the jna but the warlords campaign failed and hes been in retreat sense jane i troops turn the tide over the past month reinforced by military support from turkey they pushed have to fight is out of tripoli suburbs and several coastal towns in western libya and now theyre heading towards have to his power base in the oil rich south and east the deny forces are closing in on the city of sirte and base both fields that have to shut down earlier this year cutting off billions of dollars of income after all foreign backers russia the United Arab Emira