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Libya official: Tripoli units take key town with Turks' help

by Associated Press
| June 5, 2020 4:27 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Forces allied with the U.N.-supported government in Libya said Friday they retook another key western town from rival forces, another blow illustrating how Turkey's support has reversed the tide of the war in the oil-rich country.

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