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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan Protest Group Says Rallies Should Go on until Goals Achieved

Libya's charred parliament building is seen in Tobruk, Libya, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (AP)

Libyan protesters say they will keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it.

Protesters held their biggest rally in Tripoli for years, chanting slogans against Libya's feuding political elites, and demonstrators blocked off roads in Benghazi and Misrata and set fire to government buildings in Sebha and Qarabuli.

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