1h 17min, dec 12, 2017 y - RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORY IN SYRIA WAR, NOW MOSCOW HAS ITS EYES ON LIBYA CRISIS

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RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORY IN SYRIA WAR, NOW MOSCOW HAS ITS EYES ON LIBYA CRISIS

Moscow's top diplomat said Tuesday that his country sought a role in ending the ongoing conflict in Libya just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, where the leader recently declared victory over ISIS.

During a meeting in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Libyan Government of National Accord Foreign Minister Mohamed Taha Siala that the Russian government was prepared to work with all parties in Libya, which has been ravaged by war since a rebel and jihadi uprising, supported by Western military alliance NATO, overthrew and killed longtime leader Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011. Russia has been critical of the U.S. and its allies' efforts in the North African state and has also held talks with Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar, a rival to the U.N.-backed government.

http://www.newsweek.com/russia-claim-victory-syria-war-moscow-has-eye-libya-crisis-746069

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