Baku-APA. Libya's defence minister has been removed from his post following fierce clashes between rival armed militias in the capital Tripoli , Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Thursday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The premier said a new army chief would also be named soon, after Yussef al-Mangoush resigned this month following deadly clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Loud explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli late into the night on Wednesday, the second day of violence in the battle-scarred city, in which 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured, highlighting the rivalries between heavily armed groups roaming the country since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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