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Battles intensify around Libya capital as thousands displaced

Men load ammunition belts at a position held by forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord in the suburb of Wadi Rabie about 30 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli.

The United Nations said the fighting had driven 8,000 people from their homes and that “displacements from areas affected by the clashes in and around Tripoli continue to surge”. Haftar, a former military commander under toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi who later lived in the United States, has the support of key Gulf Arab states, Egypt and Russia.

An air strike Friday targeted an “empty and unused” barracks south of Zouara, near the Tunisian border, about 100 kilometre west of Tripoli, a security source said.– Migrants repatriated –

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