TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) said it launched air strikes against "foreign armed groups" near the border with Chad on Friday, after fighting near the area between the government of Chad and a rebel group trying to unseat it. LNA spokesperson Ahmad Mismari said it had carried out strikes against foreign forces on the border with Chad after having earlier announced an operation to secure the frontier. An LNA media unit distributed photographs of Haftar's son, Saddam Haftar, overseeing the operation with other LNA officers. The media unit said the LNA had expelled members of the Chadian opposition and their families from a residential area they were using in a desert town 300km (200 miles) north of the border with Chad. (Reporting by Reuters Libya Newsroom, writing by Angus McDowall, editing by Giles Elgood and Andrew Heavens)

Source: Libya Today August 25, 2023 16:01 UTC