The US military said Sunday it had temporarily pulled some of its forces out of Libya amid an upsurge of fighting in the North African country. “Due to increased unrest in Libya, a contingent of US forces supporting US Africa Command temporarily relocated from the country in response to security conditions on the ground,” it said in a statement. It said it would “continue to monitor conditions on the ground in Libya and assess the feasibility for renewed US military presence as appropriate”. “The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable,” said US Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser, commander of US Africa Command. In the renewed fighting, forces backing the GNA have launched air strikes on Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) around 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Tripoli.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 07, 2019 10:30 UTC