Thank you for reading the news about UN report exposes Libyan factions' rampant arms embargo violations and now with the detailsAden - Yasmine El Tohamy - From buying an Irish navy boat re-registered as a "pleasure yacht" to enlisting a Canadian firm to recruit Sudanese fighters - Libya's warring parties are running rings around a UN arms embargo. The UN experts conclude "the arms embargo was ineffective, and resulted in regular maritime and air transfers to Libya of military material". 'External parties'The ship was subsequently bought by Haftar's forces for $1.5 million. More and more sophisticated arms including drones, armoured vehicles and anti-tank missiles have been delivered to the two camps in recent months. The report accuses the UAE of delivering a Russian aerial defence system (Pantsir-S1) to Haftar's forces.

Source: Libya Today December 14, 2019 02:15 UTC