The United States and Libya are probing a suspected scheme in which eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar is allegedly paying Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela U.S. dollars in exchange for gold, The Wall Street Journal reported , quoting Western and Libyan security officials. Libya’s government, against which Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and affiliated factions are fighting in the civil war, has been tracking the commander’s private jet, which appears to have traveled to Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. According to the investigations reported by the Journal, the plane is suspected of loading gold in Venezuela, delivering cash in U.S. dollars to Maduro’s regime, which is cut off from the international oil trade by strict U.S. sanctions. The U.S. and the United Nations are assisting the Libyan government with tracking the movements of Haftar’s private jet, the Journal’s sources said. Last month, David Schenker, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs at […]