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In the early months of 2017, Russia increased its involvement in resolving the conflict in Libya, increasingly supporting the Tobruk-based House of Representatives rather than the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA [clarification needed]), which was founded in April 2015.
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya; Allied armed groups: Mercenaries (allegedly) [10] National Forces Alliance; Wagner Group [11] DShRG Rusich; Russian Imperial Legion [12] Egypt [13] [14] (from February 2015) Egyptian Army [15] Egyptian Air Force United Arab Emirates [13] (limited involvement) Union Defence Force Sudan [16] Supported by:
The Wagner Group, also known as PMC Wagner, [1] a Russian paramilitary organization [1] also described as a private military company (PMC), a network of mercenaries, [1] [2] and a de facto unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) or Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, [3] has conducted operations in Libya since late 2018.
(Bloomberg) -- On an April day last year, as war raged around Tripoli, two Russian operatives set out from the Libyan capital to meet the man they hoped to install as leader.Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi ...
[332] The deputy foreign minister of Russia, Mikhail Bogdanov, has stated that Russia will supply the government of Libya with weapons if UN sanctions against Libya are lifted. [333] In April 2015, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani visited Moscow and announced that Russia and Libya will strengthen their relations, especially economic relations ...
United States bombing of Libya (1986) Libya United States: Both sides claimed victory [5] Ground targets destroyed; Failed Libyan Scud missile response; Survival of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi; 188 Libyan rockets strike the island of Lampedusa in retaliation; Second Sudanese Civil War (1986–1988) Sudan. Janjawed; SSDF; Nuer White Army ...
The leaders of the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – believe the situation in Libya should be resolved through diplomatic means, Russian President Medvedev said. "Like the other BRICS nations, Russia is deeply concerned by events in Libya and the civilian deaths there", Medvedev said after a BRICS summit in ...