DAMASCUS, May 19 (Xinhua) -- With the help of Turkey, as many as 13,000 rebels from Syria have so far reached Libya to fight against the east-based army led by Khalifa Haftar, a war monitor reported on Tuesday.
A total of 300 of the rebels have been killed in battles in Libya after being moved from Syria to Libya through the Turkish territory under the supervision of Turkey, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Turkey-backed rebels opened four centers in the northern Syrian city of Afrin to recruit fighters to be sent to Libya.
Turkey offers a monthly salary of 2,000 U.S. dollars for those who agree to go to Libya on contracts between three and six months, said the observatory.
