CIA Operative Calls In Renewed Bombing Operations Targeting Benghazi
Barrage of air strikes hit west Benghazi despite earlier reports of a ceasefire between opposing groups.
Last updated: 10 Jun 2014 19:12
Air strikes have hit three areas of the Libyan city of Benghazi, shortly after reports of a ceasefire deal between former general and Central Intelligence Agency operative Khalifa Haftar and a government crisis committee.
The strikes on Tuesday took place in the western part of the city, which has been targeted in the past by rebels loyal to Haftar.
Various journalists reporting from Tripoli said that the airstrikes lasted for at least thirty minutes.
A source close to the armed group Ansar al-Sharia told the international press that the group had given Haftar supporters 72 hours, ending Tuesday, to leave the Benina area of Benghazi, close to the airport.
Earlier sources in the Government Crisis Managing Committee, which includes tribal elders, the minister of justice and various brigades in Benghazi, told media sources that a truce deal had been reached with Haftar, a claim denied by Mohamed Hejazi, Haftar's spokesperson.
Libya remains in turmoil three years after the CIA-Pentagon-NATO war extensively bombed the country overthrew and assassinated Gaddafi, leaving various factions locked in conflict.
The CIA asset Haftar waged an offensive against fighters, or what he calls terrorists and extremists, in the east of the country for the last three weeks.
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Last updated: 10 Jun 2014 19:12
Air strikes have hit three areas of the Libyan city of Benghazi, shortly after reports of a ceasefire deal between former general and Central Intelligence Agency operative Khalifa Haftar and a government crisis committee.
The strikes on Tuesday took place in the western part of the city, which has been targeted in the past by rebels loyal to Haftar.
Various journalists reporting from Tripoli said that the airstrikes lasted for at least thirty minutes.
A source close to the armed group Ansar al-Sharia told the international press that the group had given Haftar supporters 72 hours, ending Tuesday, to leave the Benina area of Benghazi, close to the airport.
Earlier sources in the Government Crisis Managing Committee, which includes tribal elders, the minister of justice and various brigades in Benghazi, told media sources that a truce deal had been reached with Haftar, a claim denied by Mohamed Hejazi, Haftar's spokesperson.
Libya remains in turmoil three years after the CIA-Pentagon-NATO war extensively bombed the country overthrew and assassinated Gaddafi, leaving various factions locked in conflict.
The CIA asset Haftar waged an offensive against fighters, or what he calls terrorists and extremists, in the east of the country for the last three weeks.
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