The death toll is at least 220 in two weeks of fighting in Libya for control of the capital Tripoli, the U.N. says.
Women take part in a protest in Tripoli, Libya as they wave national flags and chant slogans against Libya's Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, who is leading an offensive to take over the capital of Tripoli, Friday, April 19, 2019.
Ahmed al-Mesmari, LNA spokesman, told a news conference in the eastern city of Benghazi that heavy clashes have been underway between his forces and rival militias in the towns of Swany and al-Aziziya, south of Tripoli, which Hifter’s forces seized earlier this month. President Donald Trump phoned Hifter earlier this week, expressing U.S. support for the leader’s perceived stance against terrorism.
His press service distributed a statement saying it was because of “developments in Libya and the positive and fast-advancing evolution of events.” The statement did not elaborate but said a new press conference would be arranged at a later date. The Tunisian Foreign Ministry spokesman suggested that the Libyans hadn’t requested permission from Tunisia’s government to hold the news conference.
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