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US calls for halt to Libya offensive as clashes rage

Libyan National Army (LNA) members, commanded by Khalifa Haftar.

The US on Sunday appealed for an "immediate halt" to a military offensive by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, as fighting raged near Tripoli despite a UN call for a ceasefire.

Haftar's forces and the UN-backed unity government exchanged air strikes Sunday, three days after Haftar launched an offensive to seize the capital.

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