Mayor of Sabha, Hamid Al-Khayali, said Monday that the situation in the city is tragic and that fighting is still ongoing in the city despite the news saying it had stopped.

In a swift attack early Saturday morning, Tebu militias took over Sebha’s historic castle from the 6th Infantry brigade, pushing out rival fighters formed mainly from the Awlad Sulieman tribe. The castle had been acting as the 6th Infantry brigade’s headquarters who are currently aligned with the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan …

Rival tribes in Libya’s southern city, Sabha, fought for the control of an ancient hilltop citadel that overlooks Sebha, a region known for its smuggling routes, since late Friday and the fighting got intense on Saturday with Tubu tribesmen announcing taking control of Awald Sulaiman tribesn’s locations.

Tubu armed groups in Sabha seized Sunday Sabha castle and the positions of Sixth Brigade Infantry around it. The head of the social commission of Tubu tribe, Hassan Shacki denied withdrawing from the locations they controlled on Saturday in the city – southern Libya – saying they now have their …

The southern Libyan city, Sabha, has seen heavy fighting since Friday night using heavy and medium weapons and reportedly some shells fell on houses in the city.

Three children – between 9 and 11 years old – have been killed as random artillery shelling hit their house in Hajara area, Sabha in southern Libya, according to the city’s Medical Center.

Clashes have renewed in the Libyan southern city, Sabha, killing at least two and injuring a number of people, including civilians on Saturday, the media bureau of the Medical Center in Sabha reported. 

Lawyers in the southern Sabha city demanded Monday the Public Prosecutor in Tripoli to immediately investigate the death of their colleague counsel Mokhtar Bin Rajab in his Tripoli prison after his arrest by police upon orders from the Southern Tripoli Prosecution in the past few days.

Clashes re-ignite in Sebha last Friday between rivals from the Awlad Sulieman tribe and the Tebus following two weeks of relative calm successfully negotiated by Fezzan’s Supreme Council of Tribes and towns on 10 April.

The Sebha-based 6th Infantry Brigade declared a unilateral ceasefire and re-assured its allegiance to the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan National Army (LNA). In its statement issued yesterday, the 6th Infantry Brigade also stressed that it will “defend itself” against any attacks from those it described as “outlaws and criminal gangs”.