Russian Base In Libya Not Being Discussed, Says Haftar
April 13 2017
Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar says there are no discussions on the establishment of a Russian military base in Libya, reports Russia's Sputnik news agency.
Haftar commands the Libyan National Army, which is allied to a rival government in the eastern city of Tobruk. The U.N.-backed government is based in Tripoli.
Reports in March said that Russian special operations troops had been deployed at an air base near the Libyan border to support Haftar. Moscow denied the...
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