Thank you for your reading and interest in the news LNA: Libyan militias have 3 days to withdraw from Tripoli and now with detailsHind Al Soulia - Riyadh - The eastern Libyan National Army fighting to capture the country’s capital from the government based in Tripoli on Friday gave the militias defending the city a three-day deadline to pull out. The LNA issued a statement demanding that the powerful Misrata militias, which are fighting on behalf of the government in the Libyan capital, withdraw from both Tripoli and the coastal city of Sirte. Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter, who heads the LNA, has said his fight is against these extremist groups, not the nationalist militias. Turkey and Qatar, as well as Italy, have been allied with Mr Sarraj’s government, while Field Marshal Hafter is backed by France, Russia and key Arab countries. Field Marshal Hafter is allied with the east-based government.

Source: Libya Today December 20, 2019 12:45 UTC