TRIPOLI, Sept 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Spokesman of Libya’s eastern-based army, Ahmad al-Mismari, on Sunday said that the army will intensify its military action against the rival UN-backed government in the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The military operations will be intensified in the next few days”, the spokesman told a press conference in the eastern city of Benghazi, demanding the residents of Tripoli to “keep away” from “militants and weapons storage places.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The international community must realize that the battle is a pure security battle, not a political one as some portray it,” al-Mismari said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier Sunday, the eastern-based army announced making significant progress against the UN-backed government forces here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than five months, Tripoli has been witnessing violent clashes between the eastern-based army and the UN-backed government over the control of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fighting killed and injured thousands of people, forcing nearly 120,000 civilians to flee their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Libya has been suffering escalating violence and political instability ever since the fall of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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