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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.
The military intervention in Libya has been cited by the Council on Foreign Relations as an example of the responsibility to protect policy adopted by the UN at the 2005 World Summit. [230] According to Gareth Evans, "[t]he international military intervention (SMH) in Libya is not about bombing for democracy or Muammar Gaddafi's head. Legally ...
Protest in Belgrade on March 26, 2011, against military intervention in Libya. On March 20 an anti-intervention protest was held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, in which protesters carried pictures of Muammar Gaddafi and Josip Broz Tito. [26]
In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Moscow’s goal appears to be to find an alternative ...
It is a participant in the NATO-led military intervention in Libya and a member of the Libya Contact Group. Kuwait – The government condemned Gaddafi and called for all Arab countries to condemn the violence. [59] The Voice of Russia reported Kuwait recognized the National Transitional Council on 13 April 2011. [60]
The Libyan crisis [1] [2] is the current humanitarian crisis [3] [4] and political-military instability [5] occurring in Libya, beginning with the Arab Spring protests of 2011, which led to two civil wars, foreign military intervention, and the ousting and death of Muammar Gaddafi.
On 19 June 2019, pro-GNA forces claimed that their fighter jets bombed pro-LNA Al Watiya air force base, destroying on the runway a Russian Su-22 fighter bomber just as it was taking off. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The conflict continued in April 2020 when GNA forces besieged Al-Watiya Air Base , prompting a counter-attack by LNA forces that captured the town ...
Russia is planning to move military gear from its naval base in Syria, Ukrainian intelligence says. It comes amid uncertainty around Russia's role in Syria following the fall of Bashar Assad.