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Russian involvement in Libya ‘undeniable’ – US
10:02 CAT | 24 Mar 2017
US AFRICOM Twitter / Gen Thomas Waldhauser
The head of US military operations in Africa, asked about the presence of the Russian military in Libya, has said that there are “Russian troops in the area”, Reuters news agency reports.
It follows reports , denied by Russia, that it had deployed special forces to a military base in Egypt near to the border with Libya.
Gen Thomas Waldhauser said that the link between Russia and Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who opposes the country’s UN-backed government, was “undeniable”.
Gen Haftar is allied to a rival administration based in the eastern city of Tobruk, which rejects the authority of the government in the capital Tripoli.
Libya remains regionally split with two centres of power that politically oppose each other, and a myriad of rival armed groups that the country’s two governments cannot control.
Extremist groups, including so-called Islamic State (IS), gained a foothold in Libya after Nato-backed forces ousted veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
He also briefed the media on US operations against Islamist militant group al-Shabab in Somalia.
Source: BBC
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