Fajr Libya commander killed in airstrikes

Published March 21st, 2015 - 06:51 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A commander of the Fajr Libya militia was killed in an airstrike on Saturday, Reuters reports.

According to Reuters, Salah Burki was a senior leader of Fajr Libya, a militia that seized the city of Tripoli in August.

The airstrikes were carried out by Libya's internationally recognized Tobruk-based government, who recently declared their intentions to "liberate" Tripoli from the Fajr Dawn group's control. 

A second round of peace talks are under way in Morocco, with the hopes that Libya's rival governments will come to an agreement, potentially easing the ongoing political instability.

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