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'A very big, long war': Tripoli residents brace themselves as Haftar approaches
As many as 16,000 people have fled Libya's capital, as fighting commences on the outskirts

A grab from a video published on Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army War Information Division's Facebook page on 16 April, 2019, shows fighters riding atop an armoured vehicle (AFP)

 By Tom Westcott
Published date: 18 April 2019 08:25 UTC | Last update: 2 min 29 sec ago

As fighting between forces loyal to rival Libyan governments rages on in Tripoli’s outskirts, the capital’s residents fear they are facing the grim prospect of a long, bloody war.

“Life goes on, and it’s surprisingly normal in the capital,” said Salim, 35, messaging from a downtown restaurant.

Just a week ago he was forced to flee his home on Tripoli’s Airport Road, after it was shelled in fighting between the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Libya’s eastern-based government and forces of the UN-backed Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA).

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