The weapons supplies, which violated UN arms embargo, have been essential to Khalifa Haftar’s takeover of the eastern half of Libya. In January, UAE Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, also known as MbZ joined other world leaders in signing an agreement to...
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The weapons supplies, which violated UN arms embargo, have been essential to Khalifa Haftar’s takeover of the eastern half of Libya. In January, UAE Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, also known as MbZ joined other world leaders in signing an agreement to uphold the U.N. arms embargo on Libya, but the flow of weapons to the country has since escalated. In recent years, the Emirates has purchased multiple Russian-made Mi-24 helicopters, often from third countries in Europe, among them Belarus, according to the U.N. Panel of Experts monitoring the Libyan arms embargo. It then arranged to send the helicopters to Libya, according to documents seen by the Journal and U.N. reports. The UAE military, using a private Dubai-based company called AAL Group, initially ordered seven Russian-made Mi-24 helicopters from the Czech Republic in 2015, according to contracts and other documents reviewed by the Journal.
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