Russia’s Libya presence is giving the US a splitting headache.
Global development of Russian influence in Libya give some worries to US administration “It is my view that they are trying to increase their influence in this critical part of the globe,” Gen. Joseph Votel, who oversees US forces in the region, told the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month. Russian influence increases in Middle East (Syria, Afghanistan, Libya). This influence passes by financial sustains to armed factions in Libya (that recalled the debate around LNA’s victory in the Oil Crescent, where some rumours told that Haftar Arm had been helped by Russia and/or Egypt in the re-conquest.