Hifter’s forces push toward Libyan capital city’s center

CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan official and residents say heavy clashes are slowly nearing the center of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, as forces loyal to the military commander Khalifa Hifter battle to seize power.
Hifter’s self-styled Libyan National Army launched an offensive last month to take Tripoli from militias loosely allied with a U.N.-supported government.
Saraj al-Majbri, an aid to the LNA’s chief of staff, said Monday its forces had made gains in the area of Salah al-Deen,