Libya’s military said Monday that it had replaced the heads of Benghazi’s two most powerful militias with military officers. The move follows an unprecedented protest by Benghazi residents demanding that the armed groups be dissolved.
The Libyan military has removed the heads of two of the most powerful militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, replacing them with military officers, the army colonel who negotiated the deal said on Monday.
Replacing the heads of the heavily armed February 17 brigade and Rafallah al-Sahati militia would, if successfully implemented, effectively strip two of the most powerful men in eastern Libya of authority they had wielded with official permission but with virtually no control from the central government in Tripoli.
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