Libya govt forces overrun Tripoli militia HQ
TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government seized the headquarters of a rival militia on Wednesday in a third day of intense fighting for control of Tripoli.
The capital has seen exchanges of rocket and artillery fire between unity government forces and a militia loyal to former prime minister Khalifa Ghweil.
Libya has experienced years of violence and lawlessness since the Nato-backed ouster of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, with rival parliaments and governments vying for influence and militias fighting over territory and the country’s vast oil wealth.
Since taking power from Ghweil’s administration in March 2016, the Government of National Accord has secured the backing of powerful Nearly 100,000 people have provincial government headquarters. the past 24 hours. The IOM also said for seven days,” Hajj Ahmed said, militias in the capital, but some poured out of west Mosul in less But the battle for west Mosul — that Iraqi government figures indicated praising Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism districts remain outside its control. than three weeks, the IOM said on which is smaller but more densely a total of more than 116,000 people Service for saving them. Ghweil refuses to recognise the Wednesday, as Iraqi forces advance populated than the eastern side which from west Mosul had gone through a “All the buildings have been GNA’s authority. in their battle to retake the area from Iraqi forces recaptured earlier this year screening site south of the city. destroyed over our heads by the car Overnight, government militants. — has pushed a flood of people to flee Men, women and children carrying bombs. Some families are still stuck forces launched an assault on his
Iraqi security forces launched a their homes. their possessions sometimes walk there,” he said. headquarters in the Guest Palace, a major push last month to recapture Between February 25 and March for hours before arriving at a security On the military front, Iraq’s Joint complex of luxury villas in the city west Mosul, the most populated urban 15, more than 97,000 people have forces checkpoint. Operations Command announced centre, and overran it after heavy area still held by the IS group with an been displaced from west Mosul, From there they can take buses or that soldiers and pro-government fighting. estimated 750,000 residents when the the International Organization for pickup trucks to camps after the men paramilitaries have recaptured the “It’s over. Ghweil’s forces have battle began. Migration said on its official Twitter go through initial screening aimed at entire Badush area, northwest of Mosul. pulled out and GNA forces have
Iraqi special forces units and account. identifying those with IS ties. It is an area that includes Badush taken control of the area,” a witness police have made steady progress said.ItmarksanincreaseofaroundHajjAhmed,a55-year-oldwearingprison,whereIraqiparamilitaryforces in the area, forcing IS out of a seriesA 17,000 from the displacement figure the a dark coat over a traditional robe said they had uncovered a mass grave security source confirmed of neighbourhoods and retaking IOM released the previous day, though who had recently fled Mosul, said that containing the remains of hundreds of the militia’s withdrawal, but had no important sites such as the airport, this does not necessarily indicate that people were living under IS siege. people executed by IS after the jail was immediate word on casualties. Mosul museum, train station and all of those additional people fled in “They have been besieging people recaptured last week.