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Unity govt says 3 killed in air raid south of Libya capital |
2020-01-02 |
[AlAhram] Three non-combatants were killed Wednesday in an air raid on a town south of Libya's capital 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 front man for the UN-recognised government said. "Three were killed and three maimed in an air raid on al-Sawani," Amin al-Hachemi, front man for the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, told AFP. Al-Sawani lies around 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of the capital and under GNA control. Tripoli's southern suburbs have been hit by deadly fighting since eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar ![]() launched an offensive against the capital in early April. Several shops were badly damaged in the air raid, Hachemi said. On their Facebook page, forces loyal to the GNA published pictures of badly damaged buildings and vehicles, and accused pro-Haftar forces of carrying out the raid. GNA forces said in a statement that they had captured 25 pro-Haftar fighters on Wednesday. Libya has been mired in conflict since a 2011 NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... -backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Qadaffy, with rival administrations in the east and west vying for power. According to UN figures published last month, festivities around Tripoli since April 4 have killed more than 280 civilians and 2,000 fighters, while over 140,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. Related: Tripoli: 2019-12-31 Report: 'Shiite Duo' Agrees to Formation of Leb Technocrat Govt. Tripoli: 2019-12-30 Turkey says will not withdraw from army posts in Syria's Idlib Tripoli: 2019-12-29 'Turkish troops unwanted, destabilizing': Libyan parliament speaker Related: Al-Sawani: 2019-12-03 Libya's Presidential Council says airstrikes of Haftar's forces are "war crimes" Al-Sawani: 2019-10-24 3 civilians killed, 8 injured in new airstrikes by Haftar's warplanes Al-Sawani: 2019-09-23 Libya's Army advances on strategic frontlines in southern Tripoli, pushing away Haftar's forces |
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