Black smoke billows in the sky above areas where clashes are taking place between pro-government forces, who are backed by the locals, and the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels, who have joined forces with the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi November 26, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
Airstrike Targets Tripoli Outskirts as Libya's Rival Groups Battle -- Voice of America/Reuters
TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Forces allied to one of two rival governments vying for power in Libya conducted an airstrike near Tripoli on Thursday, officials and residents said, part of an ongoing struggle since a group seized the capital and set up its own cabinet.
Libya is caught in the conflict between the two sides, each with its own government and parliament. One is a self-declared government created after fighters from a group known as Libya Dawn took over Tripoli in August, and the other the internationally-recognized government, forced out of Tripoli and now operating from the country's east.
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