A set of base in tripoli its supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there is the to brooke based government the center of power for warlords. Hes backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the United Arab Emirates frances also accused of providing military support to his forces William Lawrence is a professor at George Washington universitys Elliott School of International Affairs he says governments are ignoring a u. N. Arms embargo on weapons. There are american weapons on both sides chinese drones on both sides russian weapons on both sides and a number of the both the p 5 at the Security Council and number of the other nations that you mentioned and some others are doing things that violate the un embargo and impact whats going on on the ground and so again this u. N. Resolution doesnt solve anything but it may put the brakes on the most egregious actions so t