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Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary to Eurasia Daily Monitor: Russia Increasing Military Presence in Africa by Reviving Desert Airbase in the Libyan Sahara
April 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 17, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor:

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Russia Increasing Military Presence in Africa by Reviving Desert Airbase in the Libyan Sahara

By Andrew McGregor

Executive Summary:

* Russia's rehabilitation of an abandoned airbase in the Libyan desert offers an opportunity to create a reliable line of supply to Russian forces operating in We . . .

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