{"id":34667,"date":"2017-05-19T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/libya-clashes-kill-60-at-brak-el-shati-airbase\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:16:00","slug":"libya-clashes-kill-60-at-brak-el-shati-airbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/libya-clashes-kill-60-at-brak-el-shati-airbase\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya clashes ‘kill 60’ at Brak El-Shati airbase"},"content":{"rendered":"

{At least 60 people have reportedly been killed after an attack on a military base in southern Libya following clashes between rival factions.}<\/p>\n

Most of those killed are linked to a faction allied to self-styled general Khalifa Haftar.<\/p>\n

The town’s mayor, Ibrahim Zami, described some of the killings as a “slaughter”.<\/p>\n

Libya has been in turmoil since the ousting and killing of long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.<\/p>\n

The two sides are attached to loose and shifting alliances based in the east and west of Libya.<\/p>\n

A brigade from the western city of Misrata had tried to take over the Brak El-Shati airbase which they had ceded to a faction aligned with Gen Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), the Reuters news agency reports.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Agliwan, a spokesman of the western Libya faction, allied to the internationally recognised government, said they had “liberated the base and destroyed all the forces inside”.<\/p>\n

The town’s mayor said some aircrafts had been set ablaze.<\/p>\n

BBC North Africa correspondent Rana Jawad reports that clashes resumed there on Thursday morning following an attempt by a rival force to take over the base.<\/p>\n

A hospital in the area reportedly received 60 bodies, including civilians who were working at the air base.<\/p>\n

The death toll could not be independently verified but officials say most of those killed were fighters allied to the LNA, our reporter says.<\/p>\n

An informal truce had been reached this month over the matter, after Gen Haftar met Fayez al-Sarraj, the UN-backed prime minister.<\/p>\n

A meeting between the two just weeks ago had created hopes of a wider political and military settlement in the country.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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