CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s new interior minister has visited the war-torn eastern city of Benghazi amid deadly fighting between pro-government forces and Islamist militias for control of the city.
Friday’s visit by Omar al-Sanki comes as Libya is mired in turmoil, split between two rival parliaments and governments. Al-Sanki represents the internationally recognized government that emerged from June parliament elections.
He pledged police would return to Benghazi soon.
Al-Sanki visit was meant be a show of legitimacy of his government, which is based in the far eastern city of Bayda. It came a day after Libya’s supreme court, based in the capital, Tripoli, declared the new parliament and government illegal.
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