UN experts: Libya’s Hifter got fighters from Russian company

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say a private Russian security company has provided between 800 and 1,200 mercenaries to support the offensive by Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter, whose forces have been trying to take the capital, Tripoli, for over a year. The panel of experts monitoring sanctions against Libya said in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press that mercenaries from the Wagner Group are engaged in specialized military activities including calling in artillery and air strikes, providing electronic countermeasures expertise and deploying as sniper teams. “Their...