Heavy fighting reported as UAE-backed renegade general’s LNA advances on last holdouts of fighters in central Benghazi.
East Libyan forces say they have gained control over one of two key remaining districts in Benghazi where they had faced armed resistance.
The advance in the central Souq al-Hout neighbourhood on Saturday was the latest step in the slow progress of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, which is aligned with the Tobruk-based House of Representatives and refuses to recognise the UN-backed government in Tripoli.
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