{{The US state department has warned any American citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately.}}<\/p>\n
It said the situation in the country remained unpredictable and unstable.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the US said it was sending a warship carrying around 1,000 marines to the region for any possible evacuation of American officials.<\/p>\n
Concern over the situation in Libya has increased after a renegade general launched an assault against Islamist militias in Benghazi.<\/p>\n
Gen Khalifa Haftar last week urged the judiciary to appoint a crisis government to oversee new elections after accusing Libya’s leaders of “fostering terrorism”.<\/p>\n
Dozens of state bodies have pledged their support for Gen Haftar.<\/p>\n
But the government called his assault an “attempted coup” and ordered the arrest of those taking part.<\/p>\n
The unstable situation has led the US to call for its citizens to leave the troubled country as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
“US citizens currently in Libya should exercise extreme caution and depart immediately,” the state department said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It warned against all but essential travel to Tripoli and against any travel outside the Libyan capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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