Wounded Libyan fighters watch Tunis peace talks with cautious hope


  • World
  • Monday, 09 Nov 2020

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seen on screens during the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis, Tunisia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - From his wheelchair in Benghazi, Rami Obaidi has some advice for the delegates starting talks in Tunis on Monday over Libya's political future, including national elections and a new transitional authority. [nL8N2HV2R6]

The 24-year-old fighter in the Libyan National Army (LNA) took a bullet through one lung and lost a leg and both hands to a mortar shell during an assault on Tripoli that ended in June.

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