The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime and the increase in Russian Libya involvement may seem like unrelated phenomena. However, Russia’s shift towards Libya is a direct reaction to ...

Libya has just had a training visit from a B-52 bomber as U.S. generals try to tempt local leaders to eject Russian forces.

Since Assad's fall on Dec. 8, "a notable volume of Russian military resources has been shipped to Libya from Belarus and Russia", said Harchaoui, adding there had been troop transfers as well.

Regional analysts say Russia’s presence in Libya offers Moscow a base for operations near the European shores and an entry to ...

The documents show how commercial vessels—known as a ghost fleet—employed a range of tricks to avoid detection as they shipped Russian equipment to Libya. They also highlight growing European ...

By redeploying its military contingent from Syria to Libya, Russia will try to exert more influence on southern European ...

Aydar Aganin recalled that Russia was focused almost exclusively on achieving a political settlement in Libya during the acute phase of the country’s internal crisis MOSCOW, July 11.

Others, a grand realignment. Regardless of how it's defined, the Middle East faces a new paradigm: what happens when the US stops viewing Russia as a foe and instead as a potential partner ...

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