Screenshot of Russian soldiers in the Syrian desert.
Daily Beast: Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Have Moved Into Libya. Good Luck With That.
In emails revealing Moscow’s efforts to groom incompetent aspiring leaders of the oil-rich war-torn country, the cynicism would be almost laughable, but the carnage is continuous.
Warlord Khalifa Haftar began an assault on Tripoli, the capital of Libya, last April. He had seized control of vast swathes of the country with the apparent backing of Russia, the UAE, France and Saudi Arabia, so the offensive by the self-declared field marshal of the “Libyan National Army” raised fears that the city might fall. But five months later, the warlord’s forces are still fighting in the area and appear no closer to capturing Tripoli.
One group of people who will not be surprised by this turn of events is a team of shadowy Russian operatives working for an organization heavily implicated in the Kremlin’s adventures from Ukraine to the Central African Republic, Venezuela, Syria, Sudan—and, not least, Vladimir Putin’s covert efforts to influence the U.S. elections of 2016.
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WNU Editor: The Russians are supporting Khalifa Haftar. And they are not the only ones. Khalifa Haftar is also receiving support from the Egyptians, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and France.
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