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March 15, 2017

Reuters: Russia May Have Deployed Troops to Egypt Near Libyan Border
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Reuters is reporting that Russia appears to have deployed special
operations troops to an airbase in Egypt near the border with Libya.
Citing unnamed U.S. and Egyptian officials, Reuters reports the
deployment signals a possible Russian intervention in the conflict in
Libya on behalf of Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, who opposes
the U.N.-backed government of national unity based in Tripoli. Egypt has
publicly denied Russian troops are on Egyptian soil.


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