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‘Regular Russian troops stationed in Libya’

Regular Russian troops are now stationed in Libya, the head of the Democracy and Human Rights Foundation (DHRF), Emadeddin Muntasser, said on Friday as the UN and the international community called on mercenaries and foreign forces to withdraw from the war-torn country. . DHRF was told by sources from the Libyan Ministry of Defense who spoke on an anonymous level that ordinary Russian troops had been discovered near Jufra Airbase and provided evidence with confidential aerial photos and coordinates of…

Russian mercenaries left traps after Tripoli

Russian mercenaries have captured everything in Libya, from streets and houses to dolls, following the attack on the capital Tripoli, launched by Putist general Khalifa Haftar, the British daily The Independent reported on Monday. "Russian mercenaries fled the Libyan capital last summer, leaving behind booby-trapped houses and farms," ​​the newspaper quoted Libyan demining experts as saying. "They (Russian mercenaries) attached explosives to toilet seats, doors and teddy bears, designed to detonate when touched."…

The Haftar militia kills citizens as UN states develop

UN Special Envoy for Libya Jan Kubis said that progress towards a political solution to the North African country's decadelong conflict had stalled as the Libyan army had accused militias loyal to Putist General Khalifa Haftar of killing one person. The spokesman for the army unit Sirte-Jufra Joint Operations, General Abdulhadi Dirah, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the 77th Division of the pro-Haftar forces killed Mohammed Juma in Jufra. The current situation is tense in Jufra, and residents have begun…

The Russian Wagner Group’s presence in Libya is threatening

Mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group based mostly in war-torn Libya are jeopardizing the safety and stability of your complete North African area, particularly the nation's neighbors. Safety sources mentioned Wagner's mercenaries had infiltrated neighboring Chad, along with disrupting the Libyan authorities. Dropped at Libya in help of the East-based unlawful forces loyal to Putist Basic Khalifa Haftar of their offensive towards the UN-recognized Nationwide Accord Authorities (GNA) and its capital…

“Turkish forces, the Wagner group in Libya can’t be

Turkish parts who're legitimately in Libya on the official invitation of the federal government and Russia's Wagner's mercenary group that has supported a warlord can't be thought-about equal, safety sources say. "It doesn't matter the platform, provided that the 2 sides (Wagner's mercenaries and Turkish forces) should not equal," the sources informed the Each day Sabah. Just lately, some media and studies have in contrast Turkish forces on the bottom in Libya with the unlawful mercenaries from the…

Staples that block the Dbeibah visit are in progress

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah suspended a planned visit to eastern Benghazi province after Putis General Khalifa Haftar's militia prevented a government-protected plane and protocol staff from landing. Sources on the ground said the incident underscores the continued friction between the competing camps. Sources told the Daily Sabah that by blocking the prime minister's visit to their stronghold, the Haftar militia clearly showed that the warlord did not support Dbeibah, contrary…

Russia’s Wagner is pressing Libya’s southern tribes

Russia's Wagner group is increasingly pushing tribes in southern Libya to support Putist general Khalifa Haftar as the latter declines with Libya embarking on a new political path towards normalization and ending the country's decadelong war. Sources on the ground told the Daily Sabah that the Wagner group is trying to help Haftar through pressing tribes that want to support the newly elected government of national unity (GNU). Sources stressed that Wagner used the argument to fight Daesh when he…

The Russian Wagner Group sends 300 Syrian fighters

Russia's Wagner group is preparing to send 300 Syrian fighters from Bashar Assad's regime-controlled Deir el-Zour to fight alongside Libyan putsch general Khalifa Haftar, security sources said on Monday. Sources told the Daily Sabah that the new Syrian mercenary group consists of fighters loyal to the regime, Iran-backed foreign groups and volunteers from Assad's army. The group is currently training in Syria and will be sent to eastern Libya's Benghazi towards the end of April. Sources said that the…

UN concerned about the rights of Russian mercenaries

UN experts said they had received and continue to receive reports of "serious violations of human rights" by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic (CAR), where they have supported the militant government's military. "The experts have received, and continue to receive, reports of serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, which can be attributed to the private military personnel working with CAR's armed forces and in some cases to the UN. peacekeepers,…

Guterres calls on the UN Security Council to set up monitors around it

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a report released on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to set up a "monitoring component" to operate in and around Libya's Sirte province and compliment the Libyan-led mechanisms to monitor the ceasefire. In the report presented to the Security Council, Guterres did not say how many UN observers would be needed for the UN mission, known as the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). "I call on the Security Council to give UNSMIL a clear but flexible…

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