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Libyan commander urges troops to press fight to take Tripoli
CAIRO — A Libyan army commander whose forces are advancing on Tripoli is rallying his fighters on, despite U.N. calls for a weeklong cease-fire.
Commander Khalifa Hifter urged his troops late on Sunday “to teach the enemy a greater and bigger lesson … till we uproot them from our beloved land.”
Hifter’s self-styled Libyan National Army has been battling militias loosely allied to a U.N.-supported government in the capital, Tripoli.