Libya Pledges to Lift Oil Blockades, but Putin’s Foot Soldiers May Be Monkey Wrench
Hundreds of mercenaries with the Russian paramilitary body that is widely believed to be the de facto private army of President Putin, the Wagner Group, are operating in Libya.
The recently replaced chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanallah, at Tripoli, July 11, 2022. AP/Yousef Murad
