now, renegade khalifa haftar on the ground. the facts on the ground, they are opposite to what he has been saying, because the power on the ground, especially in the west of libya is in the hands of libya's own operations and general congress. if you go back to benghazi, we can say that 68% of the city is in the hands of renegade general's forces. 20% are in the hands of the revolutionary council. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you for keeping us up to date on the situation in libya. >> let's stay in libya, where some civilians in the west and other parts of the country fled the fighting and are returning home to a different reality. we have this report. >> reporter: for the first time after being warned to leave, the sail 'em family came home. it was hardly a welcome anyone would want. their home was looted and their village in western libya destroyed, after a battle between rival militias. >> everything was taken away. we were very upset, what can i say. thank god my children are safe. everything else can be replaced.

on one side the so-called tribes army, the group aligned with the general haftar. >> today we lost 14 fighters and more 23 injured by the airstrikes by the enemy. they targeted a residential area. >> reporter: with the country awash with powerful militia, rival governments in libya and tibruk, libya is in the heart of statelessness. at the heart, oil. and libya is sitting on the country's biggest oil terminal. fighting in this oil-reach region has forced terminals nearby to close. >> the attack on the oil region clearly shows that libyan dawn wants to be in fully in charge of the oil resources we need fond to sponsor their terrorist operations. just like other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> reporter: complicating matters further, the group has established a couple of the city. now plans to help libya dawn fighters. al jazeera. >> former u.s. vice president dick cheney has again defended brutal interrogation techniques that the cia used during his time in office. cheney made no distinction between improved enhanced techniques and those that were beyond the w

are mainly in the east of the country, under the control of forces affiliated to the former general haftarmen have been fighting alongside soldiers for a government based in tobruk. >> there will be great fighting among the two groups which will result in destroying all of the oil facilities. that's what happened in benghazi, and in triply with the airport. >> reporter: libya is under control of two rival governments. in august, militias opposed to the government took of the capitol tripoli. their own government was put in place. and in november the country's supreme court invalidated the election of the parliament, siting violations of libya's provisional constitution. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: rival militias have also foerl form -- formed two loosely affiliated blocks. libyan dawn is a loose coalition of militias broadly aligned with the tripoli-based government. the current fighting is based around the oil terminal. libyan dawn wants to secure it before moving on to the other an inoil ports. fighting has caused the oil production to fall by a third, and put libya's only significant sourc

they're under the control of forces of former general haftar. >> i think what will happen, there willbig fighting between the two groups, which will result in destroying. that's what happened in bengahzi. that's what happened in tripoli with the airport. >> libya is under the control of two rival governments each supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting. in august militias opposed to the government took over the capitol of tripoli. their own government was put in place led by omar al hafti. rival missions have formed two affiliated blocks. one backing the government in tibruk. and the other backing groups in tripoli. libya dawn wants to secure it before moving on to libya's other main oil ports. fighting around the terminals has cause oil production to fall by a third and put libya's only significant source of revenue under threat. >> sudan is defending its decision to expel two senior u.n. officials saying they were unfairly criticizing the government's policies. it comes as sudan butts head with u.n. peacekeeping mission in darfur. here's what that mean, the u.n. wants to

the group aligned but not formerly sided with former general haftar. on the other side, libya dawn broadly associated with the tripoli-based government. >> today we lost 14 fighters and more than 23 injured in the airstrikes by the enemy. that they even targeted a residential area in a quarry. they managed to repel their forces back. >> with the country awash with powerful militia, the rival governments in tripoli and tribuk, at the heart of the fight is oil. they're advancing on the country's biggest oil terminal. fighting in this oil-rich region has forced other terminals to close. >> the attack on the oil region clearly shows that libya dawn wants to be fully in charge of the oil forces that they need in order to sponsor their terrorist operations just like other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> reporter: the group has established a council of the city. now plans to offer help to libya dawn fighters in bengahzi. al jazeera. >> just to take you back to the scenes in sydney, this is what happened a short while ago. five hosta

one side the so-called tribes army, the group aligned but not formerly sided with former general haftar. on the other side the forces of libyan dawn. a coalition of militias loosely associated with the tripoli based government. >> today we lost 14 fighters and more than 23 injured in airstrikes by the enemy. they even targeted a residential area. we managed to repel their armed forces back. >> with the country awash with powerful militia and rival governments in tripoli and tibruk. libya is a in the state of lawlessness. fighting in this oil-rich region has forced other terminals to close. >> the attack on the oil region clearly shows that libyan dawn wants to be fully in charge of the oil sources that we need in order to sponsor their terrorist operations. just as other terrorist groups have done in other parts of the world. >> complicating matters further, there are plans to help libyan dawn figh fighters in bengahzi. >> the iraqi army has been engaged in fierce fighting as it tries to push isil out of anbar province. there has also been violence in had had hadifa near the border cros