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

Protests against Living, Political Conditions Erupt in East, West Libya

This picture taken early on July 2, 2022 shows a view of the building used by Libya's Tobruk-based parliament building in the country's east, lit up by protesters who broke inside while demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. (AFP)

Fury at Libya's feuding leaders boiled over on Friday as protesters stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and staged the biggest demonstration for years in the capital Tripoli, in the west.

The Tobruk protesters, accusing the parliament of treason and stealing public money, some eight years after its election, broke into the building and set fire to parts of it as armed forces there withdrew.

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