Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said outlaw criminal groups under order of outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh caused security chaos and terrorized Tripoli.
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France condemned on Sunday the clashes that took place in Tripoli and caused a number of deaths and the destruction of some hospitals infrastructure.
Head of the Interior Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR), Suleiman Al-Harari, expressed his strong condemnation of the dangerous security escalation in the capital, Tripoli.
The U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is following “with deep concern” violent clashes which took place in the Libyan capital Tripoli causing civilian casualties, said Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for Guterres, on Saturday.
Libya’s outgoing prime minister directed top security officials in Tripoli to roundup any individuals suspected to be involved in Saturday’s attack against his forces in the capital, a leaked document shows.
Relative calm restored on Sunday morning in Tripoli after a day of deadly violence between militias backed by Libya’s two rival administrations.
Health Ministry condemned Saturday the bombing and targeting of several public hospitals and public health centers as a result of the clashes taking place in Tripoli.
Health Ministry has announced that 13 people were killed as a result of the clashes in Tripoli.
The United States, United Kingdom and the Netherlands have expressed concerns over the ongoing fighting in Tripoli, which caused the death of at least four people and the injury of dozen others.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is “deeply concerned” about ongoing armed clashes in Tripoli, which caused death and injury of dozen civilians.