It is located in the Libyan Desert, near the border with Chad and Sudan, and the Russians are already moving troops and equipment there from Syria. The Matan as-Sarra base is strategically important.

Southern Libya is facing a severe agricultural crisis due to a surge in desert locust swarms, posing a significant threat to ...

At first, it appears to be just an abandoned air base in the Libyan desert. Barracks for hundreds of soldiers, buried in Harmattan dust. A pair of long tarmac runways cracked by the sun and almost 15 ...