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| Residents flee shelling at Ras Yusuf |
| 2015-10-20 |
| [Libya Herald] Continued festivities today west of Sabratha between fighters from the town and forces linked to the Libyan National Army (LNA) resulted in residents in Ras Yusuf fleeing their homes because of missiles landing in the area. Ras Yusuf is located between Sabratha and Ajilat. Fighting in the area started two days ago when Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... units, mainly from Sabratha but backed by some forces from Ajilat, attempted to move towards Taweela, some 110 kilometres west of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . A major military meeting of LNA-supp0rted forces was taking place there. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... this evening it was reported that the Libya Dawn fighters had stopped their offensive and pulled back to Sabratha. There have also been reports that Sabratha itself was being shelled. Meanwhile Zintan Military Council has now followed the LNA's Tripoli Operations Room in distancing itself from the Taweela meeting and the fighting. In a statement, it said that it could not accept any link with Qadaffy supporters. |
| Posted by:Fred |