Inmates stage mass escape in Libya amid armed clashes

Clashes have taken place between unknown ​rival armed groups in the Libyan cities of Zawiya and Surman, with prisoners of a jail making a bid to escape.

TRIPOLI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Libyan police said inmates staged a mass escape from a jail on Tuesday while armed clashes erupted nearby in two cities west of the capital Tripoli. The Tripoli-based