Libyan warlord to intensify Tripoli offensive
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Eastern Libyan forces loyal to rebel warlord Khalifa Hifter are planning to intensify an assault on the capital Tripoli, seat of the country’s internationally-recognised government
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Areas of control (as of April 23, 2019)

UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and aligned militia groups

Eastern-based government backed by Hifter’s Libyan National Army (LNA)

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Area of detail
LIBYA
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Mediterranean Sea
Zawiya
Al Zahra
TRIPOLI
Mitiga Airport
GNA attacks
Swani
AzizyiaGharyan
Ain Zara Main area of clashes
LNA supply routes
Tarhuna
Qasr bin Ghashir International Airport
Al Hira 
10km
6 miles
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Khalifa Hifter: LNA calling in reservists to open new fronts, using artillery and infantry, after its offensive failed to breach southern defences of city. Hifter has reportedly received aid from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Russia and France
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Sources: AP, Reuters, Stratfor, LiveUA Map Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS