Smoke billows in the sky after heavy fighting broke out near the seaport in eastern Benghazi city November 3, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libyan tanks rumble past houses riddled with bullet holes in the eastern city of Benghazi and residents turn out to greet soldiers as they celebrate a rare victory over Islamist insurgents.
"Allah Akbar (God is Great)," shouts a soldier as the tanks set off in pursuit of Islamist fighters fleeing from an army assault in a city engulfed in the chaos that has brought Libya to the brink of civil war in the three years since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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