Chinese drones smuggled in by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) doing battle with Turkish drones.
Growing numbers of covert foreign troops to operate high-tech equipment.
Egyptian and Emirati air strikes.
Old warplanes and helicopters rebuilt with parts from former Soviet states smuggled in by Egypt and the UAE.
And legions of Toyota trucks, used to bear machine guns, brought in by sea by Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
"That's the story of Libya today,...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.