Libya: Tripoli Condemns French Military Involvement

21 July 2016

Libya's UN-backed government has reacted strongly following France's confirmation that its special forces have been operating in the country, which also sparked angry protests in the capital Tripoli against French military intervention.

The French government announced on Wednesday that three of its soldiers had been killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Libya during an intelligence gathering operation - the first time Paris acknowledged its presence in the oil-rich country.

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