War on the phone front: combat game all the rage in Libya


  • TECH
  • Monday, 06 May 2019

Fighters loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) play PUBG on their phones during a break from fighting.

It's a day of rest from fighting on the front line in Libya and Abdelaziz and his comrades down their weapons only to pick up their phones and resume combat.

"(Khalifa) Haftar's guys are coming to get us," shouts Abdelaziz, referring to the military strongman who launched a bid to capture Tripoli last month. The eyes of the young men are fixed on mobile phones as they shoot it out in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, or PUBG, a brutal "battle royale" game in which the winner is the last survivor.

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