{"id":3872,"date":"2014-11-06T06:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T06:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2014-11-06T06:21:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T06:21:01","slug":"new-clashes-in-libyas-benghazi-kill-dozens-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/11\/06\/3872\/","title":{"rendered":"New clashes in Libya\u2019s Benghazi kill dozens: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/bengazi-libya.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Fresh fighting erupted in Libya\u2019s second city Wednesday, bringing the death toll in three days of violence between pro-government militias and Islamist fighters to more than 30, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Witnesses said the clashes, which included heavy artillery, were some of the fiercest to hit Benghazi since former general Khalifa Haftar launched a new government-backed offensive on the eastern city in October.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Islamist militias including fighters from the radical Ansar al-Sharia group took near total control of Benghazi in July.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least 32 people, including civilians, have been killed in the fighting since Monday, according the Benghazi Medical Centre. It said seven people had been killed on Wednesday alone.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the start of Haftar\u2019s assault, 286 people have been killed, based on an AFP toll comprised of figures provided by medical and security sources.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Islamist groups do not disclose their death tolls.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clashes on Wednesday morning focused on the east, west and center of the city, especially close to Benghazi\u2019s security headquarters, which was retaken from the Islamists two days ago, said Colonel Ahmed al-Mesmari.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe army is facing strong resistance from armed Islamists,\u201d he added.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Islamists erected sand bag barricades across the city\u2019s main roads and patrolled areas in armed vehicles mounted with anti-aircraft guns, witnesses said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A security official said Haftar\u2019s forces conducted air strikes against the rebels in the city center.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The area close to Benghazi\u2019s port was also the scene of fierce fighting, with pro-government forces looking to wrest control of the strategic hub from the Islamists.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Libyan authorities have struggled to assert control across a country awash with weapons and powerful militias which ousted longtime autocratic leader Muammar Qaddafi in a 2011 revolt.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The internationally recognized government was forced to take refuge in the country\u2019s east to escape a mainly Islamist coalition which seized control of Tripoli at the end of August.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">France, Britain and the United States on Tuesday asked a Security Council committee to add Ansar al-Sharia to a UN terror list for its ties to al-Qaeda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<strong><em> Alarabiya<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh fighting erupted in Libya\u2019s second city Wednesday, bringing the death toll in three days of violence between pro-government militias and Islamist fighters to more than 30, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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