US says Russia working with Syrian regime leader Assad to transfer militia fighters and equipment to Libya in support of warlord Khalifa Haftar
US special envoy for Syria, Jim Jeffrey, said the Libyan conflict could even get more complicated, adding"the Russians are working with Assad to transfer militia fighters, possibly third country, possibly Syrian, to Libya, as well as equipment."
"The United States does not support LNA military action against Tripoli. ... The attack on the capital diverts resources from what is a priority for us, which is counterterrorism," Henry Wooster, deputy assistant secretary at State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, said on a conference call, referring to Haftar's Libyan National Army.
Libya is a messy battlefield with heavy involvement by foreign fighters. The United States and the United Nations have warned against the deepening footprint of Russian private contractor forces.
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