Saturday 13 April 2019

REFILE-UPDATE 2-Italy, France spar over tackling escalating conflict in Libya

REFILE-UPDATE 2-Italy, France spar over tackling escalating conflict in LibyaTRIPOLI/ROME, April 11 (Reuters) - France and Italy wrangled on Thursday over how best to tackle renewed conflict in Libya as a bid by eastern forces under Khalifa Haftar to seize Tripoli stalled in the face of strong resistance on the capital's southern outskirts. The United Nations said the fighting between Haftar's forces and troops under the internationally-backed Tripoli government had killed at least 56 people and forced 8,000 to flee their homes in the city in the last week.




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