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Tripoli-Based Unity Government Calls for Turkish Intervention in Libya, as
Haftar's Forces Bomb Opposition

Edward Yeranian

   CAIRO - The Libyan national unity government based in Tripoli is asking
   Turkey, the U.S. and several European countries to defend the
   government, as forces loyal to eastern military commander General
   Khalifa Haftar called on militias fighting in Tripoli and Misratat to
   lay down their arms.

   Forces loyal to Haftar exchanged gunfire Friday with militias fighting
   under the banner of the Tripoli-based national unity government south
   and east of the capital. Libyan fighter jets, also loyal to Haftar,
   bombed targets and weapons depots inside Misrata and south of the
   capital.