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Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Have Moved Into Libya. Good Luck With That.

INSIDE ‘THE COMPANY’

In emails revealing Moscow’s efforts to groom incompetent aspiring leaders of the oil-rich war-torn country, the cynicism would be almost laughable, but the carnage is continuous.

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This article was reported in collaboration with Dossier Center and Project.

Warlord Khalifa Haftar began an assault on Tripoli, the capital of Libya, last April. He had seized control of vast swaths of the country with the apparent backing of Russia, the UAE, France, and Saudi Arabia, so the offensive by...

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