Cautious steps as Libya's new government moves into Tripoli


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  • Monday, 18 Apr 2016

A building damaged during clashes between military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government and the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, is seen in Benghazi, Libya April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Troops in balaclavas guard the gate and foreign diplomats arrive daily with offers of aid at Tripoli's Abusita naval base, where Libya's new U.N.-backed government has begun trying to bring a chaotic country under its control.

    Even just beyond Abusita's well-guarded walls, though, Tripoli is not always a welcoming city.

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