Deaths and injuries in and around Libya's capital Tripoli on the rise as the civil war in the country heats up
Members of Libyan internationally recognised government forces walk near a damaged tank belonging to Eastern forces in Al Hira area, south western Tripoli, Libya April 23, 2019. Forces supporting Libya's internationally recognised government pushed back troops loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar to more than 60 km southwest of the capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday, Reuters reporters said.
Forces loyal to Tripoli drove back the Libyan National Army , which is loyal to Haftar allied to a parallel government in the east, to the southern suburb of Ain Zara, the main scene of fighting. "The civilian aviation authority closed the air space of the airport until further notice for the sake of air security," Mitiga airport said on its website, adding that the airport had not been hit.Heavy clashes broke out in the southern districts of Tripoli on Saturday, with the shelling audible from the centre of the city, residents said.
At least 2,000 people protested on Tripoli's central Martyrs' Square on Friday against Haftar, the Libyan warlord fighting to capture the capital, and his offensive. The statement said that Trump "recognised Field Marshal Haftar's significant role in fighting terrorism and securing Libya's oil resources."
He added that the armoured military vehicles "seized from Haftar's forced were Emirati vehicles" that recently arrived in Libya after the embargo and further said that the strongman's forces also have "newly-made Egyptian ammunition." The interior ministry of Libya's internationally recognised government accused France directly for the first time of supporting Haftar.
But for now, there was "deadlock" in fighting south of the capital between Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army and the internationally recognised government, said Ghassan Salame. Germany, which holds the council presidency, called for an urgent meeting on Thursday, when the council was to hear a briefing on the situation on the ground and "consult on the way forward," according to a note seen byBritain has put forward a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation but Russia put up its concerns over language that criticised Haftar's offensive.
The US reluctance to support Security Council action is in contrast to Washington’s earlier public opposition to Haftar’s offensive, which began while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting Tripoli. About 10 GRAD rockets hit the southern residential area of Abu Salim just before midnight on Tuesday, witnesses and authorities said, killing at least seven people, mainly women, and wounding 17.The Tripoli offensive led by Haftar aims to clear terrorists out of Libya, and the offensive will not stop until victory, spokesman Ahmed al Mesmari of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army has said.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York that the International Organization for Migration reported that 13 civilians are among the 146 killed so far in clashes since the self-styled Libyan National Army launched a major military offensive.The UN health agency earlier said the recent clashes killed 146 people this month but hadn't specified whether they were civilians or fighters.
The WHO has delivered trauma kits and medicines to hospitals, Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, the world body's"These supplies will last for two weeks, the acute phase,"The escalation in violence in and around Libya's capital has resulted in the displacement of more than 8,000 people, the United Nations said Thursday.
A total of 116 fighters were captured in Zawiya, a town west of Tripoli, and an additional 75 in Ain Sara on the southern outskirts of the capital, officials said, allowing reporters to film some of them.Libya’s Tripoli-based government said on Thursday it has recaptured the Yarmuk military camp south of the capital from forces led by Commander Haftar. Anadolu AgencyHaftar’s forces said earlier on Wednesday that they had captured the camp from UN-backed government forces.
"It's still time for a ceasefire to take place, for a cessation of hostilities to take place, and to avoid the worst, which would be a dramatic bloody battle for Tripoli."Forces led by Commander Haftar claimed to have captured Libya’s Yarmuk military camp, south of the capital Tripoli, from the UN-backed government.
The UN postponed a Libyan national conference aimed at drawing up an election roadmap because of fighting raging near the capital, in another setback to peace efforts. Thousands have fled violence in the capital city, according to the United Nations, since Haftar launched a surprise assault last week which has left dozens dead.
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