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Libyan National Army supremo General Khalifa Haftar
REBEL General Khalifa Haftar has given pro-government militias three days to withdraw from Libyan capital Tripoli — or see “unprecedented” violence descend on their home city.
The threat is aimed at the Misrata militias, groups which played a role in the revolt against Muammar Gadaffi in 2010 and are now defending the UN-recognised government, which only controls Tripoli and a few nearby areas.
Gen Haftar said that Misrata itself, situated around 115 miles from Tripoli, would be targeted “every day, non-stop and in an unprecedentedly intensive way” by his forces if they did not leave the capital, which he has been fighting to conquer for eight months.
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