Gunfire rings through Benghazi pitting the army, backed by forces of a former army general, against Islamists.
At least 20 people were killed in the fighting.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FARAJ BARASI COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY REGIONAL LIBERATION OF BENGHAZI OPERATIONS, SAYING:
"Now we finished combing and cleaning more than 70 percent of Benghazi. These areas are full of terrorists and we have them completely surrounded."
Libya plunged into anarchy when an armed faction from the western city of Misrata seized the capital Tripoli in August.
Since then Libya has had two governments and parliaments.
Western powers fear Libya may become a failed state, unable to rein in former rebels who have now turned their guns on each other.
