The Libyan National Army (LNA), under the command of General Khalifa Haftar, announced Wednesday that it has taken up a position in the Ain Zara area, about 12 km from the centre of Tripoli.

In the battle for the Libyan capital, Haftar has arrayed his special forces, called ‘Saiqa’ (lightning bolt), an elite corps made up of paramilitary soldiers and commandos.

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Fighting for control of the Libyan capital escalated dramatically on Monday when rebel forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar carried out an airstrike on city’s only operating airport.

The attack came amid reports that the internationally recognised government of National Accord led by Fayyez al-Sarraj had begun conscripting migrants held in detention centres to fight against Gen Haftar’s troops.

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The Air Force of the western region has issued a statement saying it has carried out airstrikes on the gatherings of Khalifa Haftar’s forces in the camp of Mizda in southern Gharyan city and on the positions of Haftar’s forces in Sooq Al-Khamis area.

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Earlier, a source close to Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) said that LNA captured the international airport in Tripoli.

Forces loyal to Tripoli government have recaptured the former Libyan international airport in the south of the city, Fathi Ali Bashagha told the Tripoli-based interior minister Libya al-Ahrar TV.

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Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar ordered his troops on Thursday to march on the capital Tripoli, taking his conflict with the internationally recognized government to a dangerous new level.

Haftar posted his order in a video online hours after his forces took full control of Gharyan, a town about 100 km south of the capital.

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