US-made planes are being used to support a Russian-backed general in Libya

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May 10, 2017 11:24 PM

The United Arab Emirates has begun supplying Gen. Khalifa Haftar's faction in Libya with US-made turboprop planes.

Libyan Gen. Haftar leaves after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

The United Arab Emirates has begun using US-made planes to support a Russian-backed general in Libya, Time reported.

At least six American-made Archangel turboprop planes have been seen in satellite images of an airbase controlled by Russian-backed Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the leader of a faction fighting the US- and UN-backed government in Tripoli, Libya's capital.

This move by the UAE is also violates a UN embargo

Since former Libyan President Three governments

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