Suspected IS Fighters Killed in Libya Firefight

Libyan forces killed three suspected Islamic State fighters near an oilfield in the southeast of the country, a local official said Saturday. Two soldiers were also killed and five wounded during clashes over two days, one of which took place near the Dhahra oilfield Saturday, said Umar al-Faqeh, head of the Maradah administration to which the area belongs. There had been fighting in another area Friday, he added. The Dhahra field is operated by Waha, a joint venture between Libya’s...

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