Clashes between armed groups in the capital have left at least 12 dead and 87 injured since Friday
The Libyan Unity Government, which is based in the capital Tripoli, called on Saturday for the general mobilization of the population in light of the fighting that has erupted in recent hours between rival militias and the advance of troops loyal to the Parallel government. in the east of the country, which threatens to drag the country “into a civil war” in the coming hours.
“We call on all Libyan men and women in the capital Tripoli and in all Libyan cities to take a serious and sincere national stance against anyone who wants to start a war in the capital to gain or maintain personal gain,” the prime minister said. of unit, Abdul Hamid Dbeibe.
The fighting, with heavy and light weapons, between the two governments fighting for power in Libya since March (the so-called Support and Stability Force, commissioned by the Unity Executive, against militias led by Haitem Tajouri) have led to this currently with at least 12 dead and 87 injured, according to the latest balance published by the Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity.
To this situation must be added the advance of a convoy of troops loyal to the self-proclaimed prime minister of the east of the country, Fazi Bashaga, who yesterday fought to advance into the center of the capital after trying to take control of to take over the capital. Janzour entrance, to the west of the town. The fighting in Tripoli is now concentrated in the Zawiya and Al-Jumuriya neighborhoods, the scene of “great fires”.
Another large convoy of more than 300 vehicles from Bashaga is known to have left Zliten, 150 kilometers east of the capital, along the coastal road. Bashaga has been living in Misrata, near this town, for weeks.
The UN, the United States and the United Kingdom have pleaded with the authorities to refrain from taking measures that would increase violence, while the President of the Transitional Presidential Council, the United Nations’ recognized agency for managing the transition process in Libya, Mohamed Menfi, has been forced to bring forward the end of his official visit to Tunisia in order to return to the country as a matter of urgency.
In particular, the UN mission in the country called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities”, citing “ongoing armed clashes, including medium and heavy indiscriminate shelling of civilian-populated neighborhoods” that had damaged hospitals. Meanwhile, the US embassy said it was “very concerned” about the clashes.
In recent hours, sources gathered by Al-Arabiya television reported that Egyptian negotiators have launched an emergency initiative to achieve a ceasefire between the parties and prevent Tripoli from falling back into civil war at the last minute.
Libya has been in crisis for more than a decade and repeated episodes of armed conflict following the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi during a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.
Source: La Verdad
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