Haftar militia forces kidnap two journalists amid Tripoli fighting in Libya
A Libyan television channel says two of its reporters were kidnapped by forces loyal to a military commander while covering fighting in the capital, Tripoli.
Libya Alahrar TV said in a statement on Friday that forces allied with rogue General Khalifa Haftar allegedly detained the journalists Mohammed al-Qarg and Mohammed al-Shibani, who went missing a day earlier.
Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army has been locked in a month-long battle to take Tripoli against militias loosely allied with a UN-supported government. The fighting has killed at least 345 people, including 22 civilians, according to the United Nations.
Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/5/3/haftar-forces-kidnap-two-journalists-amid-tripoli-fighting
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