CAIRO (AP) — An Eritrean refugee and an aid worker say that heavy fighting has put a Libyan detention center packed with refugees at risk as militias also use the center as an army barracks. The refugee sent audio and text messages from inside the Al-Nasr Martyrs detention center in the western city of Zawiya, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the capital Tripoli. Since April, Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter’s forces have waged an offensive against Tripoli, where the internationally recognized Government of National Accord is based. An aid worker confirmed the fighting is close to the detention center. His forces have only been able to lay siege to Tripoli, failing to claim it from the government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.

Source: Libya Today December 27, 2019 18:45 UTC