Marshal Haftar's troops are fighting on the streets of Tripoli
- quotes his interlocutor RIA News.
At the same time, the Government of National Accord (PNS), supported by the West and currently controlling the capital, said that the loyal armed forces had again beaten off the strategic checkpoint seized by the troops of Khaftar. This information passes Anadolu agency with reference to a source in the field of security in PNS.
- A source from the government guard told the Anadolu news agency.
Soon the same agency confirmed the information with reference to a high-ranking representative in the headquarters of the Libyan National Army.
Meanwhile, Libyan activists shared on the Internet photographs depicting the capture of soldiers of the Libyan National Army by forces loyal to the Tripoli government.
On Thursday, Haftar, associated with an alternative government based in the city of Al-Baida, located in eastern Libya, officially announced the start of operations to seize control of Tripoli in order to “free the capital from terrorists.”
- Haftar said in a message posted on his Facebook office page. Khalif Haftar ordered to take Tripoli by storm on Thursday. LNA is planning to take the city in the next 48 hours.
Shortly after the Libyan National Army announced the attack, Sarraj, the head of government in Tripoli, ordered the government security forces "to prepare for and respond to any threats aimed at destabilizing the region."
Libya continues to suffer from unrest continuing since 2011, when a NATO-supported uprising led to the resignation and assassination of President Muammar Gaddafi, who had been in power for about four decades.
Since then, sharp political differences in the country led to the creation of two competing centers of power: one was created in the eastern city of Al-Baida (Hoftar is associated with it), the second, in Tripoli, is the government of the so-called national accord.
On Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres flew to eastern Libya to meet with Caliph Haftar. Guterres was in Tripoli this week, trying to organize a national reconciliation conference later this month. The offensive of the Libyan National Army was a surprise to him.
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