TRIPOLI - Shells slammed into a densely-populated district of Tripoli overnight, piling misery on civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces to take Libya’s capital from an internationally-backed government.
Retired public servant Hadia al-Hariri was sleeping next to his wife when a shell hit the dining room of their two-storey house in Abu Salim, wounding her and their three-year-old son in the head. He rushed his other five children to a relative. Haftar and his eastern Libyan forces have cast their advance as part of a campaign to restore order and defeat jihadists in nation gripped by anarchy since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Damaged vehicles by an overnight shelling are seen in Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahNearly 20,000 people have fled homes, some seeking shelter elsewhere in Tripoli but most heading out. At least 14 civilians have been killed - along with scores of fighters - and about 36 wounded during the offensive, according to U.N. tallies issued prior to Tuesday night’s barrages.
The area was a battleground during the rebellion against Gaddafi in 2011 and again during battles for Tripoli in 2014 and 2017, given its strategic location next to a highway leading to an old airport that is the gateway to Tripoli from the south.
And the psychopath that caused this nearly became the president of the US.
La ONU antes se ponía de perfil ante estos dramas... ahora ya ni mira.
Thanks to Obama, Clinton and the Rothschild dynasty for destroying a stable prosperous African Nation, with higher living standards than most Americans and who will never retrieve the good fortune that existed before invasion. Welcome to the wild west. Let the vultures feed.
That town been in the middle of wars dating to 400BC!
War is hell, there is no other way to put it. Hopefully Haftar is able to gain control and bring stability to Lybia, where as the United States brought war and chaos.
This is not an art installation.
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