Tripoli ceasefire collapses

Libya’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Tahir Al-Sunni has called on the Security Council to urgently take a firm stand towards the ongoing violations by Haftar’s militias, saying it constitutes a breach of Security Council resolutions.

Heavy fighting and rocket attacks renewed in Tripoli and its southern fronts on Friday and Saturday, a big blow to the UN mission as it tries to reach a lasting ceasefire in the country.

The fresh escalation started early on Friday with tens of rockets being fired into Mitiga Airport and nearby residential areas by Haftar’s armed groups. It’s the most severe rocket attacks since the start of the war on Tripoli in April 2019. Local residents near Mitiga Airport counted more than 60 rocket explosions in and around the airport.

On Saturday, Haftar’s armed groups launched a surprise attack on government positions in Aziziya and Hira regions in southern Tripoli and managed to advance and seize new locations. Later, the government mobilized forces and repelled them from the two regions after heavy exchange of fire that lasted for several hours, leaving casualties and significant losses of equipment for Haftar’s forces.

Via Libya Observer