ChinesePod News (April 11, 2019)

Conflicts in Libya are escalating after renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar launched attacks targeting southern Tripoli and continued to march towards the capital. The U.N.-backed Tripoli government has vowed to begin a major counter-offensive while the U.S. and Indian governments have temporarily withdrawn their troops and peacekeepers.

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This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:

捍卫 to defend
疏散 evacuate
忽视 to ignore or neglect
急转直下 to spiral downwards

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