Tripoli government forces look on during clashes with forces led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter south of the capital Tripoli, Libya on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Libya’s Alahrar TV station said commander Khalifa Hifter’s self-styled Libyan National Army detained two of its journalists, Mohamed al-Qarg and Mohamed al-Shibani, earlier this month. The TV station, which backs the U.N.-supported government in Tripoli, said the journalists were released on Friday. The U.N. said late Saturday that it welcomed their “safe return to their families” in the western city of Zintan. Hifter’s forces are locked in weeks-long fighting to take Tripoli against militias loosely allied with the U.N.-supported government.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2019 09:45 UTC