所在位置：查字典英语网 > 双语阅读 > 时事 > 国际英语资讯:Libyas east-based army says clashes kill 12 govt troops near Gharyan

国际英语资讯:Libyas east-based army says clashes kill 12 govt troops near Gharyan

发布时间：2019-08-26 编辑：查字典英语网小编

TRIPOLI, Aug. 25 -- Libya's east-based army said on Sunday that 12 troops of the rival UN-backed government were killed and more than 20 others injured in violent clashes near the city of Gharyan, some 80 km south of the capital Tripoli.

Those who were killed include a senior military commander and two Islamic State (IS) suspects, the army's information office said in a statement.

The statement also said the army took control of a position of the UN-backed government's forces near Gharyan.

国际英语资讯:Libyas east-based army says clashes kill 12 govt troops near Gharyan1

The UN-backed government has been engaged in a deadly armed conflict since early April in and around Tripoli against the east-based army, which is trying to take over the city and overthrow the government.

Last month, the UN-backed government's forces took over Gharyan city and expelled the east-based army.

The east-based army, led by Khalifa Haftar, is allied with the east-based government, as the North African nation is politically divided between eastern and western governments.

Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition amid insecurity and chaos ever since the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

查看全部

上一篇：国际英语资讯:UK PM says chances of Brexit deal with Brussels improving

下一篇：国内英语资讯:Top legislature holds joint inquiry meeting on water pollution