Haftar Appoints Son as Chief of Staff in Libya

Khalifa Haftar, the leader of armed forces in eastern Libya, has appointed his son as the new Chief of Staff, further consolidating his family’s control over the military.

Vladimir Putin’s warlord ally flying migrants into Europe

Libyan strongman helping Kremlin trigger fresh crisis on EU’s eastern borders, flight records suggest

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Libyan officials boot out EU migration commissioner in diplomatic spat

Magnus Brunner was declared “persona non grata” by authorities in Benghazi.

Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub

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 stopover for its growing military involvement in Africa – and a way to retain its military presence in the Mediterranean.