At least 16 people were killed and 34 injured. For the clashes that started in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on Thursday night and led by opposition militias due to the increasing tension due to the political crisis and the deepening of the economic crisis.
Osama Ali, spokesperson for the Emergency and Ambulance Service, reported an increase in victims in the balance updated this Friday night, according to ‘Alwasat’ media. The figures are increasing by six deaths and nine injured compared to the latest data. Among the dead will be at least six civilians and a child.
The attacks involve two groups: former fighters against Gaddafi, led by Abdul Rauf Kara, and the RADA Special Deterrence Force (FED-RADA), now transformed into a vigilante force, the Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade (BRT) led by Ayub Abu Ras, close to the Capital’s Unity Government. . Sources on the ‘Libya Observer’ portal stated: The clashes started after a senior RADA commander was kidnapped by a group affiliated with the Revolutionary Brigade.Two militias operating in a sea of armed groups that have effectively surrounded Tripoli since the fall of Gaddafi in 2011.
After a few hours of calm, fighting resumed in the second district on Friday afternoon. People caught in the middle of the conflict took refuge in the wedding halls, and many residents requested a safe corridor to escape the fighting due to the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas.
The Presidential Council issued a statement asking the parties to “end the conflict and return to their posts immediately” before demanding that the prosecution “open a thorough investigation into the causes of the clashes”. “The National Unity Government’s Ministries of Defense and Interior must take the necessary measures to ensure security in the capital,” he asked, just days after senior military officials from opposition administrations held a rare meeting in Tripoli. continue the unification of the hand chain to try to move towards a solution to the crisis.
The talks on the military road are part of a three-stage process to end terrorism. After the presidential elections were postponed, conflicts deepened in the country. Scheduled for December 2021. The East-based House of Representatives then confirmed the end of the term of union prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibe and appointed Fazi Bashaga as his replacement. The Union government rejected the House of Representatives resolution, which represented a setback in efforts to end the conflict, arguing that Dbeibe would remain in office to implement the new ‘roadmap’ of holding legislative elections. A constitutional referendum took place in June, which established the legal framework for holding elections, but did not take place.
Dbeibé was named prime minister by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in February 2021, thus replacing the then union prime minister, Fayez Serraj, who agreed to hand over his powers after the Tripoli authorities consulted after the ceasefire agreement. He denied the military offensive launched by General Khalifa Haftar in April 2019, in line with authorities in the east.