At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said on Wednesday.
Heavy fighting in Benghazi, 16 killed
Benghazi, caught up in fighting for more than a year, is just one front in Libya's multi-sided war involving two competing governments.
Heavy fighting in Libya's Benghazi, 16 killed
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Benghazi, caught up in fighting for more than a year, is just one front in Libya's multi-sided war involving two competing governments -- an official one in the east and a self-declared one controlling Tripoli -- and the loose coalitions of armed factions backing them.
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