
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Battles between local forces and Sudanese fighters in southeastern Libya have led to the deaths of more than 30 people. The commander of the Libyan Subul Assalam faction, Abdurrahman Hashim, said in a Reuters report that the Sudanese fighters were rebels from Sudan’s Darfur region who had settled around Kufra following the ouster of Muammar Qaddafi.
Kufra Mayor Miftah Bou Khalil told Reuters that Subul Assalam fighters attacked an oasis 150 km north-west of Kufra on Friday, killing 10 Sudanese fighters and capturing four. He said that around 20 Sudanese fighters were killed in an attack on a checkpoint 200 km north of Kufra and further clashes to the south of the town January 4.