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Tripoli clashes widen overnight in worst fighting this year

By Reuters
16 August 2023   |   2:01 pm
The Libyan capital's most powerful armed factions battled in several districts overnight and into Tuesday morning in the city's worst violence this year, raising fears of a wider escalation.

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