Dignity Operation (Karama) launches a wide-ranging attack on Benghazi fighting fronts

More than 14 were killed and 23 injured Saturday in Benghazi as Dignity Operation (Karama) led by Khalifa Haftar launched a new operation to try to set the city free from “terrorism” as it called it.
The Krama forces are fighting Benghazi Shura Council fighters in a continuing pace since Saturday morning on several front lines, a source, who preferred to remain anonymous, reported.
The source said that this time will be a serious liberation and a comprehensive one as all the forces of Dignity Operation got mobilized on all the city’s fronts to eradicate terrorism, according to him.
The reports that a number of French troops were present at Banina airbase in Benghazi are not true, the source added.
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