ChinesePod News (April 11, 2019)br br 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Tripoli government has vowed to begin a major counter-offensive while the U.S. and Indian governments have temporarily withdrawn their troops and peacekeepers. br br NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at br This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: br br 捍卫 to defendbr 疏散 evacuatebr 忽视 to ignore or neglectbr 急转直下 to spiral downwardsbr br Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!br ===================================br Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.