External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday tweeted that a peacekeeping team of 15 CRPF soldiers had been evacuated with the help of Indian embassy in Tunisia on Saturday. This came in the backdrop of conflict between government forces and those faithful to the opposition leader escalateed in Libya.
"The situation in Libya has suddenly worsened. There is fighting in Tripoli. Indian Embassy in Tunisia @IndiainTunisia has evacuated the entire contingent of 15 CRPF personnel yesterday itself. I appreciate the excellent work by Indian Embassy in Tunisia. #Libya", tweeted Swaraj. The EAM had also tweeted the phone numbers of two officials for Indian who want any help in Tripoli.
The US too had reportedly withdrawn some of its forces out of Libya temporarily amid the hike in fighting in the Northern African country.
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Tripoli is the base of the UN-backed, internationally recognised government. General Haftar, who was appointed chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA) under an earlier UN-backed administration had ordered his forces to advance on Tripoli on Thursday, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was in the city to discuss the developing crisis. The governmnet controlled Libyan air force on Saturday morning targeted an area 50km south of the capital. Fighting has taken place in several areas, including near the disused international airport south of Tripoli.