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Members of a brigade headed by field commander Salah Bogheib and loyal to Khalifa Haftar -a retired general and former chief of staff for Moamer Kadhafi- hold up their guns as they fight alongside Libyan army troops against Islamist gunmen in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on December 17, 2014. Battles between the coalition of the army and forces loyal to Haftar against militia gunmen took place in several parts of the city but the army reportedly secured the area south-west of the city centre. AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH DOMA