At least two people were killed and several wounded after clashes broke out early Saturday between rival militias in Tripoli, a medical source told The Libya Update.
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Intense fighting erupted in the Libyan capital overnight and lasted until Saturday morning, with rival factions exchanging heavy gunfire and the sounds of several loud blasts ricocheting around the city.
The Acting Head of the U.N. Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Raisedon Zenenga met on Wednesday with Chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mishri, to discuss the political stalemate and “the escalating tensions on the security front,” UNSMIL said on Thursday.
The Chairman of the Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, convened on Thursday an extraordinary meeting with outgoing prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and other top security officials amid growing military tensions in Tripoli.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh affirmed on Thursday that his government will “continue to operate normally, with international recognition, until elections are held,” amid growing tensions between him and his parliament-appointed rival Fathi Bashagha.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the outgoing prime minister of the Government of National Unity, today accused his parliament-appointed rival Fathi Bashagha of “sending repeated messages and threats to ignite war and target civilians”.
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha urged his outgoing rival Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to peacefully handover power to him amid growing…
The government of Prime Minister-designate, Fathi Bashagha, released a statement on Tuesday in which it notifies “everyone, without exception, that there will be injustice or fighting with those who side with legitimacy and choose the homeland.”
The U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Tuesday that it is following with “deep concern” the ongoing mobilization of forces in Tripoli and warns against “threats to resort to force to resolve legitimacy claims in Libya.”
A total of 140 migrants, including eight women and a minor, were intercepted during the last week when they tried to cross the Mediterranean before being brought back to Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.