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 used all this to help Haftar's putative heir, Saddam Haftar, expand Libya's role as a hot spot for smuggling of weapons, drugs, fuel -- and people," Megerisi stated.

Russia is landing military aircraft on newly refurbished runways under its control in Libya as the Kremlin quickly expands its footprint in Africa, satellite images show. Telegraph analysis of ...

As of last month, he is the Russian ambassador to Libya. Putin’s man in Tripoli is there for good reason. At a time when Russia needs all hands on deck as it wages its war in Ukraine, ...

Libya has been locked in a power struggle of its own, one that the redeployment of Russia’s military from Syria to North Africa could upend. Libya has known little stability since its revolution ...

U.S. leaders also have spent years engaging ad nauseam in threats to weaken or break up Russia, to ruin the Russian economy, to change the Russian regime—and, of course, have levied decades of ...

At least four oil tankers have been involved in explosions since early 2025 that investigators believe were caused by limpet mines.

The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold ...

While not carrying Russian oil directly, the vessel's route made it a target amid rising geopolitical tensions.

A series of explosions on vessels calling at Russian ports has supercharged risk, but how can shipping price that in?

Libya has just had a training visit from a USAF B-52 bomber as U.S. generals try to tempt local leaders to eject the ever increasing number of Russian troops stationed in desert bases in the country.

An oil tanker near Libya carrying crude exploded, raising concerns as a trend of similar incidents involving vessels linked ...