China Brief published on 31 August 2020 an article titled "The Strategic Implications of Chinese UAVs: Insights from the Libyan Conflict" by Ryan Oliver, U.S. Army National Guard.
China has become the world's leading exporter of combat UAVs. They have become a key part of the civil war in Libya where the UAE supplies Chinese UAVs to Khalifa Haftar's Benghazi-based Libyan National Army (LNA) and Turkey supplies UAVs to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Between April 2018 and November 2019 there were more than 1,000 strikes from UAVs in Libya--with over 800 conducted by Chinese-made UAVs on behalf of the LNA and more than 240 carried out by Turkish UAVs on behalf of the GNA.
Although China did not provide the Wing Loong II UAVs directly to the LNA, their employment by third parties provided the benefit of battle-testing its equipment without the risk of military or diplomatic repercussions.