US evacuates embassy staff from Libya over Tripoli clashes.
The United States has evacuated its embassy in Libya, driving its staff under heavy military guard across the border to Tunisia because of escalating clashes between rival militias in Tripoli.
Security in the Libyan capital has deteriorated following two weeks of fighting between brigades of former rebel fighters who have exchanged rocket, cannon and artillery fire in southern Tripoli near the embassy compound.
"Security has to come first. Regrettably, we had to take this step because the location of our embassy is in very close proximity to intense fighting and ongoing violence between armed Libyan factions," a US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement.
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