June 30, 2023A base housing units of Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group in eastern Libya was the target of a drone strike overnight on Friday, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The strikes in Libya coincide with apparent efforts by Russia to clip the wings of the Wagner group in the countries where it operates following the failed mutiny Prigozhin waged against Putin last weekend. The Saudi-owned Al-Hadath news channel reported on Wednesday that Russian military police waged an arrest campaign against Wagner commanders and members across Syria shortly after the mutiny began. The channel said the head of a Wagner Group unit in charge of recruitment in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda was detained. Wagner began operating in Syria in September 2015 in conjunction with the direct Russian military intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces against rebels.

Source: Libya Today June 30, 2023 16:30 UTC