US military command for Africa, AFRICOM, have temporally withdrawn US troops out of Libya amid deadly armed confrontation between militia forces aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) of east-based warlord Khalifa Haftar. “We will continue to monitor conditions on the ground and assess the feasibility for renewed US military presence, as appropriate,” AFRICOM said. Fighting between the two rival sides focused Saturday around the Mitiga international airport, south of Tripoli. The GNA forces, according to the BBC, carried out air strikes on Haftar forces in full flesh confrontation. #Libya,” Swaraj tweeted.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 08, 2019 15:45 UTC