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Forces allied with Libyan UN-backed govt take key military base near Tripoli, spokesman says Forces allied with Libyan UN-backed govt take key military base near Tripoli, spokesman says
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Forces allied with Libya’s UN-supported government said on Monday they have wrested control of a key military base on the outskirts of the country’s capital from their rivals trying to capture Tripoli.Forces allied with Libya’s UN-supported government said on Monday they have wrested control of a key military base on the outskirts of the country’s capital from their rivals trying to capture Tripoli.
Eastern forces’ commander Khalifa Haftar has been waging a campaign for over a year to take Tripoli from an array of militias in the west, loosely linked to the administration in the capital. Eastern forces’ commander Khalifa Haftar has been waging a campaign for over a year to take Tripoli from an array of militias in the west loosely linked to the administration in the capital.
Col. Mohamed Gnounou, a spokesman for the Tripoli-allied forces, said they retook the al-Waitya airbase in the city’s southwestern desert reaches, without providing details. A spokesman for Haftar’s forces has not immediately commented on the report, AP said. The Tripoli-allied forces have been trying for weeks to take the base, reportedly stepping up attacks by Turkish-supplied drones. Col. Mohamed Gnounou, a spokesman for the Tripoli-allied forces, said they retook the al-Waitya airbase in the city’s southwestern desert reaches, though no details were provided. A spokesman for Haftar’s forces has not immediately commented on the report, AP said. The Tripoli-allied forces had been trying for weeks to take the base, reportedly stepping up attacks by Turkish-supplied drones.
The escalation in the fighting comes despite increased international pressure on both sides to return to negotiating a political settlement and to halt the violence over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Libya has reported at least 65 cases of the virus, including three deaths. The escalation in the fighting comes despite increased international pressure on both sides to return to negotiating a political settlement and to halt the violence, much of it over concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Libya has reported at least 65 cases of the virus and three Covid-19-linked deaths.