Friday, December 5, 2014

Libya's Civil War Continues To Escalate

Black smoke billows in the sky above areas where clashes are taking place between pro-government forces, who are backed by the locals, and the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels, who have joined forces with the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi November 26, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Airstrike Targets Tripoli Outskirts as Libya's Rival Groups Battle -- Voice of America/Reuters

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Forces allied to one of two rival governments vying for power in Libya conducted an airstrike near Tripoli on Thursday, officials and residents said, part of an ongoing struggle since a group seized the capital and set up its own cabinet.

Libya is caught in the conflict between the two sides, each with its own government and parliament. One is a self-declared government created after fighters from a group known as Libya Dawn took over Tripoli in August, and the other the internationally-recognized government, forced out of Tripoli and now operating from the country's east.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

A fierce battle for control in Libya's desert -- Al Jazeera
Libya Launches Airstrikes on Islamist Targets Near Tripoli Airport -- Sputnik
Eastern Libyan government conducts air strikes on border with Tunisia -- Reuters
Deadly air raid hits Libya militia on Tunisia border -- AFP
Amid fresh violence in Libya, UN mission urges all parties to give dialogue chance to succeed -- UN News Centre
About 400 killed in past six weeks of fighting in Libya's Benghazi: medics -- Reuters
Islamic State setting up Libya training camps, US says -- BBC
U.S. general: ISIS has training camps in Libya -- AFP

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