By Noora Ibrahim.
Benghazi, 16 August 2014:
Clashes between Ansar Al-Sharia and Operation Dignity forces resumed in earnest again in . . .[restrict]Benghazi on Thursday after weeks of relative calm.
There were heavy rocket exchanges in the city’s Leithi district and near the sprawling 17 February Brigade camp in the centre of the city. There have also been unconfirmed reports of bombing by planes not belonging to Libyan Airforces and believed to be foreign. The targets were the Islamist stronghold of Guwarsha and the Ansar Al-Sharia checkpoint at Guwarsha gate.
Benghazi had, with the exception of some sporadic violence and occasional airstrikes, been quieter in recent weeks following a major offensive by Islamist forces at the end of Ramadan.
Yesterday in the city there was a limited to protests called both in support of and against the new parliament, scheduled to be held outside Tibesti Hotel and in Tahrir Square respectively.
The demonstration in opposition to the House of Representatives has been announced by Benghazi’s Revolutionary Council, the coalition of the city’s Islamist brigades.
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