According to the Irish Times, despite the UN arms embargo, an Irish company is using former Irish soldiers to train the military forces of Libyan general Khalifa Haftar in the east of the country. The Irish Times reported that an Ireland-based company, co-owned by former soldiers Danny Cluskey, Darren Kelly and Nigel McCormack, took a multimillion-euro contract in both 2023 and 2024 for the training. The Irish Times went on to say that the soldiers, formerly part of the Irish Defence Forces and it's Army Rangers Wing, had supplied the brigades' members with equipment and uniforms.
According to reporting by Energy Capital Power Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdul Sadiq, recently met with
Libya’s prime minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, is backpaddling on recent comments by his Interior Minister regarding the reinstitution of
Russia is strengthening ties with eastern Libyan warlord General Haftar to disrupt European energy supplies and expand its influence in
Libya’s acting head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taher Al-Baour, met with the Dutch Ambassador to Tripoli, Joost
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