Mahmoud Mohamed-Tripoli

The government of the National Accord government announced on Wednesday that it had found documents and photographs of mercenaries from Russian security companies. The retired Major General Khalifa Hifter recruited mercenaries in his war on Tripoli.

Activists on social media circulated documents, documents and military plans written in Russian handwritten, in addition to the emergence of personal photos and mobile phones and credit cards to mercenaries from the "Wagner" Russian security company.

This is not the first time that information has been reported on the use of Haftar Rossa mercenaries from this company, where in 2017 published pictures of Russian mercenaries used by the war Haftar war in the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya.

Reports confirm that Russian mercenaries are fighting in the ranks of Hifter's forces, in addition to French soldiers who have been spotted in Libya since the Hifter attack on Tripoli by the French Ministry of Armies. Al-Jafra military base in central Libya.

Transmission between axles
The commander of the field operations room, Major General Ahmed Abu Shahma, said that the personal documents and documents prove the presence of a number of Russian mercenaries fighting in the ranks of Hifter forces and moving from one axis to another south of Tripoli.

Abu Shahma explained to Al Jazeera Net that the number of Russian mercenaries may reach 100 elements of the company "Wagner" have come to Libya with Russian-made sniper weapons. "For some time now we have been monitoring the presence of soldiers from different countries and foreign mercenaries in the ranks of the militia Hifter, from Russia and Africa."

He stressed the readiness of the Libyan army and the support force forces of the Government of Wefaq to address the forces of Hifter, pointing out that "the mercenaries that Hifter brought with money will not remain after his military failure to enter the capital Tripoli."

Loss of belonging
"The use of mercenaries - whether by Russian security companies, Janjaweed or Chadian opposition - is clear proof that he has lost what he claims to be a national army," said Abdel Rahman al-Shater, a member of the Supreme Council of State. .

Al-Shater said in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net, "the Russian government directly responsible for the killings of Libyans," calling on the Presidential Council of the Government of Al-Wefaq to file a formal complaint to Moscow and submit judicial files to prosecute these security companies in the Security Council and the International Criminal Court.

Plug
In turn, military expert Adel Abdul Kafi confirmed that Hifter was forced to bring the mercenaries of Janjaweed, Chadians, Russians and Emiratis to fill the deficit in the ranks of his forces and the escape of a number of leaders such as Abdul Salam al-Hassi.

Abdul Kafi adds to the island that "Russian mercenaries participated in the war in Syria, and now the UAE financed the process of joining elements of the Russian company Wagner to Hifter forces to support him militarily south of Tripoli."

He added that "the use of Russian mercenaries will make Libya a wider arena of looting, where these Russian security companies have worked in Syria and contributed to illegal operations, including human trafficking and sale of oil at low prices and espionage operations."

Abdel-Kafi concludes that the fighting capabilities and military capabilities of the Libyan army and the support force of the government of reconciliation are better, as the Libyan Air Force was able to break the strategy of foreign operating theaters that Hifter was betting on and his supporters.

Ongoing cooperation
In turn, journalist Abdullah Al-Kabir confirmed that the press reports indicate two years ago that Hifter hired mercenaries from Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union working in the company "Wagner" Russian.

He added that "information indicates that Russian mercenaries were previously limited to oil fields and ports in the areas of influence of Hifter, but the latter forced them in military operations to make up for the acute shortage of fighters in the battle of Tripoli," noting that Libyan tribes "retreated from "After learning of bringing in mercenaries to kill the Libyan people, Hifter supported."

He said that "Europe is concerned about the Russian presence in Libya, and fears the development and spread of the Libyan conflict and increase rates of migration, and the flow of terrorist elements to the south of Libya."