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Blow to Libya unity govt as rival seizes offices

Updated on: 16 October,2016 10:14 AM IST  | 
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Libya’s UN-backed unity government has suffered a blow in its Tripoli base when a rival seized key offices in the capital and proclaimed the reinstatement of the former administration

Blow to Libya unity govt as rival seizes offices

Members of the GNA gather in the coastal city of Sirte. Pic/AFP
Members of the GNA gather in the coastal city of Sirte. Pic/AFP


Tripoli: Libya’s UN-backed unity government has suffered a blow in its Tripoli base when a rival seized key offices in the capital and proclaimed the reinstatement of the former administration.


On Saturday the head of the former Tripoli-based Government of National Salvation, Khalifa Ghweil, proclaimed its reinstatement from the offices of a key consultative body of the Government of National Accord. He has never accepted the legitimacy of the UN-backed government.


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