Control In Tripoli In Question With Rival Seeking To Seize Ministries

There are unconfirmed and conflicting accounts about gunmen attempting to seize three Libyan government ministries in Tripoli.

Reuters reported that on Thursday, forces loyal to Khalifa Ghwell, the head of the self-declared Government of National Salvation, maintained that they had seized the labor, defense and martyrs' ministries.

Ghwell, who headed the General National Congrees (GNC) that was in charge of Tripoli until early last year, opposes the United Nations-backed...