Libya's warring sides, including Russian mercenaries, may be guilty of crimes - UN


FILE PHOTO: A mortar shell is pictured in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya, June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

GENEVA (Reuters) -Russian mercenaries in Libya killed detainees, among the possible war crimes committed by multiple sides in the conflict, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday, adding that they had drawn up a confidential list of suspects.

Libya has been in turmoil for a decade, with the last several years seeing war between forces backing rival governments based in the east and west, supported by regional powers, foreign fighters and mercenaries. Russia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates backed the eastern forces, while Turkey backed the government in the west.

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