Eastern Libya forces move west, triggering alert in Tripoli
BENGHAZI, Libya/TRIPOLI - Eastern Libyan military forces have moved to western Libya and are clashing with rival forces south of the capital Tripoli, a spokesman for the eastern force said on Wednesday, in an escalation between rival camps in the troubled oil producer.
Libya — in trouble since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 — is divided between the internationally recognized government in Tripoli and a parallel administration allied to Khalifa Haftar.Now in a new escalation Haftar’s Libyan National Army moved in the past days discreetly forces west with the LNA media office publishing on Wednesday videos of troops traveling on a coastal road from Benghazi, the main eastern city.
There was no immediate comment from the Tripoli government, which had issued earlier a general alert for its forces in response to the eastern advance. Some of Haftar’s supporters have called the U.N. efforts a waste of time, urging him to carry out a military solution to establish himself as national army commander.
Guterres plans to help prepare a national conference in two weeks to stabilize the oil-producing country, a U.N. spokesman said.
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