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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.
Libyan state television says NATO had bombed close to the television building during Gaddafi's speech early on Saturday morning. [188] Libyan state media and government officials claimed that Gaddafi's second youngest son, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, was killed by a NATO air strike on the night of 30 April. Three of Gaddafi's grandchildren were ...
[13] 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. [14] In April 2015, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani visited Moscow and announced that Russia and Libya will strengthen their relations, especially economic relations. [ 15 ]
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 ...
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:
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 ...
Images taken by satellite show the physical devastation from a flood that killed at least 11,300 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna. Two dams above Derna burst early Monday under the ...
This combination of handout satellite images released by Maxar Technology and created on September 13, 2023, shows (L) an overview of Libya’s eastern city of Derna before the flash floods on 7 ...