Libyan
chaos
Forces loyal
to Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Monday retook a district in Libya’s
Benghazi from extremists after fighting that killed nine soldiers in
two days, a military source said.
“We
now control the district of Abu Sneib” in the southwest
of the city, said a commanding officer in the army headed by Haftar,
who backs the parliament in the country’s east. “Our forces
now completely surround the Qanfuda area” nearby, the same
source said.
He said 52
troops had died in fighting since January 1 in and around Benghazi.
Haftar has managed to retake a large part of the eastern coastal city
from extremists since Benghazi came under their control in 2014.
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