Tripoli attack .. prisoners of the forces of Haftar and a heavy toll of the dead

Officials loyal to the internationally recognized government of Libya said on Thursday that more than 190 soldiers of the retired Libyan brigade, Khalifa Hafer, were captured during their attack on Tripoli, while the World Health Organization (WHO) said 56 people were killed in a week of fighting.

The Reuters news agency quoted the same sources that 116 fighters were captured in the corner west of Tripoli, while detained 75 others in Ain Zara on the southern outskirts of the capital, noting that it allowed journalists to photograph some of the soldiers detained.

This comes as the battles intensified over the Libyan capital Tripoli between the forces of Hafar and the forces of the national reconciliation government headed by Faiz Al-Sarraj, 56 people died in a week, according to the World Health Organization.

"In the last six days, heavy shelling and shooting near the Libyan capital resulted in 266 wounded and 56 people, including an ambulance driver and two doctors," it said in a statement.

"Thousands of people have fled their homes, while others find themselves stranded in areas of conflict, and hospitals inside and outside the city (Tripoli) receive daily victims," ​​she said.

The organization said it is increasing its stockpile of medical equipment in areas where fighting is taking place.

"We have sent emergency medical teams to assist frontline hospitals in facing the workload and to support staff in the surgery department in coordination with the Ministry of Health," the statement quoted the organization's representative in Libya, Dr. Syed Jafar Hussein, as saying.

Expand powers
Hafeer, backed by a parallel authority in the east but not internationally recognized, hopes to expand his powers to include the Libyan west after controlling the east, and in the face of it forces loyal to the Accord government are determined to launch a comprehensive counteroffensive.

The leader of an armed group loyal to the government of national reconciliation on the road to the Tripoli airport out of service, which witnessed Thursday battles between the two parties, according to security sources told the French Press, "We are currently fighting battles and escape."

Meanwhile, the European Union on Wednesday evacuated members of its aid mission, which includes 20 people from Tripoli to Tunisia where it is based, temporarily because of the fighting.

Developments and preoccupation
For its part, EU Foreign Minister Federica Mugherini said that the Union expressed its "concern about the very disturbing developments in Libya," renewing its call to the parties to the conflict for an immediate cease-fire and facilitate access to humanitarian assistance.

It is noteworthy that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich called after a closed session of the Security Council on Wednesday evening to stop the fighting and return to dialogue.

"We need to re-launch a serious political dialogue," he said, adding that his appeal to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar for not attacking the Libyan capital "has not been answered by Haftar."

"There is still time for a ceasefire, a cessation of hostilities and a worse avoidance of a violent and bloody battle for control of Tripoli," Gutierrez said.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations that Libya is facing "a situation of the most serious," and urged the cessation of hostilities to allow the resumption of political negotiations.