09-07-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com

Jihadists battle Libya forces in 'liberated' Benghazi

Jihadists are still battling Libyan forces in Benghazi days after strongman Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled army declared victory in the eastern city, his forces said Sunday.Colonel Miloud Zwei, spokesman for Haftar's Libyan National Army, said the fighting persisted in the district of Soug al-Jarid, located between the central neighbourhoods of Soug al-Hout and Al-Sabri, the jihadists' last strongholds.Zwei said 20 LNA soldiers have been killed by "terrorists" who had been hiding in houses s
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