An armed group at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport has forcibly prevented 30 members of parliament from leaving the capital, sources told The Libya Update on Monday.
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Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s government further consolidated their control over the capital.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, told Security Council on Tuesday that she was deeply concerned the ongoing stalemate and continued delays in implementing the electoral process in Libya pose a growing threat to security in and around Tripoli, and potentially to all Libyans.
The U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya announced on Monday that is monitoring the unfolding situation in the country’s capital and compiling evidence of human rights violations, few days after clashes erupted between armed groups causing the death of 32 people with 159 injured.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Libya’s outgoing prime minister, called on all the main Libyan protagonists to leave the scene, but through elections.
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.
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.