At Least 14 Dead In Clashes Between Army And Islamists In Libya's Benghazi

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

Heavy clashes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have left at least 14 people dead and 32 wounded, medical officials said on Saturday.

Five years on from the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is plagued by instability, and Islamist militants have taken advantage of a security vacuum to expand their presence.

A spokesman for the military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government, Wanis Boukhamada, said fighting was mostly in the neighborhood of Boatni. The army has been battling Islamist groups in the city for months.

Two governments, one based in Tripoli and the other in the east, each backed by complex alliances of armed factions, are vying to for control of the country.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-benghazi-idUSKCN0VT0V0

[underpants]

1. Need 11 hours of testimony

[AxionExcel]

2. And more Republican cuts to our US embassy security

It worked so well the last time...

[McKim]

3. We Can thank Hillary for the Chaos in Lybia

We have Hillary to thank for the overthrow of Gadaffi. Now Lybia is in chaos and ISIS is taking over. Nice Work. This is why I can't vote for her.

[daleo]

4. What exactly is an "Islamisist" anyway

I'm pretty sure that the presumptive government would also call itself Islamic.

[Mufaddal]

5. Glad to see regime change is still working like gangbusters

History: because why learn from it when you don't have to?