Militants Attack Troops at Libya Army Checkpoint
Saturday 18/May/2019 - 03:46 PM
Libyan officials said Saturday that militants have killed at
least three troops from the Libyan National Army (LNA) in an attack on a
checkpoint in a desert town.
An LNA statement said the militants captured four soldiers
in the attack at the town of Zallah Saturday, but troops were able to free
three of them.
ISIS extremist group claimed the attack.
Zallah is about 750 kilometers southeast of the capital,
Tripoli, where Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's LNA is currently fighting forces
backed by the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) to take control of the
city.
