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Russia blocks a UN Security Council statement calling on Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to halt the offensive on Tripoli. Russia insists that the statement should also apply to forces aligned with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), including Islamist militias. Haftar's declaration of war against the GNA escalates the Second Libyan Civil War, leading to further military mobilization and tensions in the region.
Saturday, 6 April, 2019