The United States military pulled a contingent of its troops from Libya on Sunday amid a surge in violence in the capital city of Tripoli, America's top commander for Africa said
"The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable," Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of US Africa Command, said Sunday in a statement."Even with an adjustment of the force, we will continue to remain agile in support of existing US strategy.
On Sunday, spokesman for the GNA's armed forces, Mohammed Qanouno, heralded the launch of a military operation dubbed"Volcano of Rage," aimed at"cleansing all Libyan cities from the outlawed," Tripoli-based Libya Al-Ahrar TV reported.A spokesman for the Libyan forces of the Government of National Accord holds a press conference in Tripoli on April 7.
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