Shells slammed into a Tripoli suburb overnight, piling on the suffering to civil...
TRIPOLI - Shells slammed into a Tripoli suburb overnight, piling on the suffering to civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces to take Libya’s capital from an internationally-backed government.
“This is a senseless war against civilians,” one man, Mohamed in his 40s, told Reuters among angry people in the area, where houses and cars were damaged.Haftar and his eastern Libyan forces have cast their advance as part of a campaign to restore order and defeat jihadists in nation gripped by anarchy since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Nearly 20,000 people have now fled their homes, some seeking shelter elsewhere in the capital but most heading out of the city.Prime Minister Serraj toured the damaged area on Wednesday morning, his office said. Abu Salim lies about 8 km from the city center, behind the front line of pro-Serraj forces blocking LNA troops to their south.
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Haftar’s offensive had heightened the risk of militants joining migrant boats in the Mediterranean heading for his country. FILE PHOTO: Libyan displaced children, who fled their house because of the fighting between the Eastern forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar and the internationally recognised government, are seen at an industrial complex which is used as a shelter, in Tripoli, Libya April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
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