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Libyan Militia and Egypt’s Military Back Opposite Sides in Sudan Conflict

Involvement of regional forces raises risk that fighting between warring Sudanese generals could widen and set back cease-fire efforts

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A powerful Libyan militia leader and the Egyptian military have sent military support to rival generals battling for control of neighboring Sudan, people familiar with the matter say, an illustration of how the fighting threatens to draw in regional powers.

Khalifa Haftar, the commander of a faction that controls eastern Libya, dispatched at least one plane to fly military supplies to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, these people said. Meanwhile, Egypt sent warplanes and pilots to back the Sudanese military, they added.

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