Libyan irregular forces backed by helicopters and led by a retired army general clashed with Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least two people, security and medical sources said on Friday. Amid a broad decay of national law and order since the 2011 uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Muslim militants have been blamed for a string of assassinations and bombings against the military in Benghazi, repeatedly fighting army special forces. Fighters led by retired General Khalifa Haftar had shelled bases belonging to Ansar al-Sharia and another Islamist militant group in Benghazi, said Mohamed Al-Hejazi, who said he was a spokesman for his self-declared Libyan National Army. With its own national army still in training, Libya's weak central government cannot control brigades of ex-rebels and militants who once fought Gaddafi but have since refused to disarm and often challenge the state. Read More http://ift.tt/1nWkbtW
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