TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan irregular forces backed by helicopters and led by a retired army general clashed with Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least two people, security and medical sources said on Friday.
Amid a broad decay of national law and order since the 2011 uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Islamist militants have been blamed for a string of assassinations and bombings against the military in Benghazi, repeatedly fighting army special forces. But they have dug in at bases on the city outskirts.
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