Russia sent support ship 'Sparta' to join the warship fleet that fled Tartus last month. It is likely they are negotiating a ...

Russia has avoided a direct military presence in Libya — unlike in Syria, where Russia’s air force, navy and other units aided Moscow’s longtime ally, President Bashir al-Assad.

Related article US military accused Russia of deploying fighter aircraft to Libya . The loss of al Watiya, on May 18, has been swiftly followed by further reverses for Haftar’s forces, ...

A Russian-Turkish detente in Libya, the richest nation in Africa and home to the world’s 10th-largest oil reserves, would have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. and Europe, ...

But perhaps above all, Russia's approach to Libya has to be seen as a direct reaction to the mechanisms of el-Qaddafi's ouster in 2011. A dangerous precedent.

Russia is moving to expand its military presence in eastern Libya, a plan that could lead to a naval base, giving it a significant foothold on Europe’s southern doorstep.

If Russia entrenches itself in Libya unopposed, it will create problems for Europe in the Mediterranean and Africa. The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime and the increase in Russian ...

Russia has deployed military forces to Libya that are “de-stabilizing” the North African country, a top State Department official warned Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested to the West last month that the widening chaos in Libya after almost a decade of war should have been obvious: "A flow of migrants went through Libya to ...

LONDON—Russia is sending reinforcements to Libya to help military leader Khalifa Haftar, who is on the defensive after a failed effort to topple the country’s United Nations-backed government, ...

The snipers are among about 200 Russian fighters who have arrived in Libya in the last six weeks, part of a broad campaign by the Kremlin to reassert its influence across the Middle East and Africa.

Russian mercenaries employed by the Wagner Group, a private company that American officials have called “an arm of the Russian state,” poured into Libya to back Mr. Hifter.