WASHINGTON - Private security contractor and ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump Erik Prince violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, U.N. investigators have found in a report detailed by U.S. media on Friday. The $80 million operation included plans to form a hit squad to track and kill Libyan commanders opposed to Haftar -- including some who were also European Union citizens, The New York Times said. Prince did not cooperate with the U.N. inquiry and his lawyer declined to comment to the Times, it added. Oil-rich Libya has been torn by civil war since a NATO-backed uprising led to the toppling and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Then-President Trump in 2019 praised the strongman for his role in "fighting terrorism" in Libya.

Source: Libya Today February 20, 2021 08:37 UTC