The Head of the Presidential Guard Maj. Gen. Najmi al-Naku denied the affiliation of the seventh brigade to the Presidential Guard, insisting that they had no connection to the recent clashes that erupted in southern Tripoli.
Libyan Interior Minister Abdulsalam Ashour said Monday that a cease-fire agreement has been reached in the capital Tripoli, following deadly clashes between government forces and militias.
Libyan rival groups linked to the unity government faced off with tanksand pickups mounted with machine guns, residents and security sources said, as explosions rocked Libya’s capital on Monday.
A temporary ceasefire was agreed last night in the fighting between the two sets of militias in the southern suburbs of Tripoli. The ceasefire seems to be holding.
At least four people have been killed and seven others wounded in clashes that broke out between rival armed groups in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, as they attempt to take control of the city.
The former chief of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) Ibrahim Jodran and Moamar Gaddafi’s tribal loyalists as well as Chadian rebels have been teaming up for a new alliance to carry out a military operation to control not only the oil crescent region but also many more areas in the …
30 km-away from Tripoli Qasar Bengashir has been the scene for military escalation as several vehicles were seen deployed in the area.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya expressed its strong condemnation of the violence, intimidation and obstruction to the work of Libya’s sovereign institutions by militiamen.
The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Stephanie Williams met with the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation Mustafa Sanalllah in Tripoli, expressing the UN’s unrelenting support for the independence of the NOC and the rejection of any threats made against NOC and its staff.
Blocked by upset protesters for a day, Al-Shaat Road in Tripoli will be reopened by Tripoli Central Security units, it announced Wednesday.
