Summary
French military advisers have been helping coordinate Libyan forces fighting ISIS insurgents in the eastern city of Benghazi, where pro-government brigades have been making progress, a senior Libyan military commander said Thursday.
It was the latest sign of U.S. and European engagement in trying to restore some order and security in anarchic Libya, where Western governments are looking to help local forces stop ISIS expanding beyond its bastions in Iraq and Syria.
Libyan military forces in Benghazi are under the command of General Khalifa Haftar and loyal to the North African country's government based in the eastern city of al-Bayda.
Haftar's forces have been advancing against ISIS in Benghazi, taking back neighborhoods in the country's biggest eastern city that had been under militant control for months.
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