“Russia applied to the UNSC Committee overseeing sanctions against Libya asking to initiate an investigation of the information (about the alleged arms supply to the Syrian opposition from Libya)…,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

"If this information is correct, it means a severe violation of international embargo imposed on Libya," the statement added.

On June 21, the New York Times reported that collected evidence attest to the fact that a great deal of effort, spearheaded and financed by Qatar, is underway to transport arms from Libya to Syria insurgents.

The report further noted that Qatari C-17 cargo planes have landed at least three times in Libya this year, including flights from Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli on January 15 and February 1 as well as another that departed Benghazi on April 16.

The aircraft would pick up a shipment of weapons each time. The munitions were then taken to the Turkish-Syrian border, and passed onto the Syrian militants.

Officials say the arms shipments from Libya to Syria principally appear to be the work of armed groups in the North African country rather than the weak central government in Tripoli.

Fawzi Bukatef, a former revolutionary commander who has recently been appointed as Libya’s ambassador to Uganda, said Libyan militiamen have been shipping weapons to Syria militants for more than a year.

Syria crisis started in 2011 when pro-reform protests turned to a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.

The unrest which took in numerous terrorist groups from all over Europe and the Middle East is going to become one of the bloodiest wars in the recent history.

The war, which many fear is turning to a “war of hatred”, has already taken thousands of lives.