Drone strikes early Friday hit an airbase in Libya’s east used by mercenaries of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, without causing any casualties, a military official told AFP. ALSO READ: Libya UN special representative expresses concern over vote dealDRONE ATTACKSThe official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the origin of the overnight strikes on the Al-Kharruba airbase, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Benghazi, was “unknown”. ALSO READ: UN insists on dignity for migrants and asylum seekers in LibyaThe base that was hit is “where members of the Wagner group are located”, the official said, adding there were “no victims”. ALSO READ: It’s been 6 years since SA’s Van Deventer was kidnapped in LibyaThe North African country remains split between a nominally interim government in Tripoli in the west, and another in the east backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Alongside fighters from Chad, Sudan, Niger and Syria recruited as mercenaries, the Wagner group has come to Haftar’s help including in his past failed attempt to take the capital.
