Eastern Forces Quit Libyan Capital After Year-Long Assault

Eastern Forces Quit Libyan Capital After Year-Long Assault
Men embrace as people celebrate in the Martyrs' Square of the Libyan capital Tripoli on June 4, 2020. Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images
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TRIPOLI—Libya’s internationally recognized government regained control of Tripoli on June 4, driving eastern forces out of the capital after a 14-month battle in which foreign powers poured in arms and fighters.

In the recaptured southern suburbs, bodies still lay on the ground and fighters brandished weapons abandoned by the eastern forces, a Reuters visual journalist said.