LIBYA
A New Battle
The battle for Tripoli is heating up in Libya as the eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces of Khalifa Haftar ignore international appeals for a truce.
Haftar’s army said 19 of its soldiers died in recent days as they advanced on the capital to attempt to unseat the internationally recognized government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Reutersreported. Meanwhile, fighting in the south of the capital has killed at least 25 people, including fighters and civilians, and wounded 80, according to a spokesman for the Tripoli-based Health Ministry.
Haftar’s forces also bombed the country’s only functioning airport on Monday, though a spokesman for the rebels claimed they had not targeted civilian aircraft.
The surge in fighting comes amid preparations for a United Nations-brokered conference April 14-16 to map out elections and attempt to end the chaos that has plagued Libya since the ouster and killing of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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