What game is Russia playing in Libya? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohamed Eljarh

Mohamed Eljarh

Jan 18, 2017

General Khalifa Haftar (C), commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA), leaves after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RTSTRVG — General Khalifa Hifter (C), commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), leaves after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 29, 2016. — REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

General Khalifa Haftar, commander in the Libyan National Army (LNA), leaves after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RTSTRWB

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