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Libya's Journalists Caught in Crossfire

Agence France-Presse

   TRIPOLI - In a country splintered by conflict and propaganda wars,
   Libya's journalists are caught in the crossfire between battlefronts
   and partisan employers, exposing them to risks on the ground.

   Fighting that erupted in early April when eastern strongman Khalifa
   Haftar launched an offensive on the capital Tripoli has only
   exacerbated the cleavages in the country's fragmented mediascape.

   The battle pits the forces of Tripoli's U.N.-recognized Government of
   National Accord (GNA) against fighters loyal to Haftar, who backs a
   parallel administration in eastern Libya.

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