Libya's Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo

Libya's Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo

By Alexander Dziadosz, Aaron McNicholas and Vinaya KCAIRO, April 2 (Reuters) - Eastern Libya's military leader, Khalifa Haftar, has acquired what appear to be Chinese and Turkish combat drones, Reuters reporting has found, despite a long-standing U.N. embargo on supplying weapons to the divided North African country.Commercial satellite images show at least three drones at Al Khadim airbase, located in the desert about 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of the city of Benghazi, between late April an...

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