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January 26, 2020 Clashes are underway in Libya with forces of General Khalifa Haftar advancing south east to the city of Misrata, further eroding the fragile mediated ceasefire agreement earlier this month. This was reported by sources of allied militias in the internationally recognized government of Tripoli. Haftar's forces are advancing about 120 kilometers east of Misurata near the city of Abugrain. At the same time, an officer of the Haftar forces said it had snatched control of two cities, Qaddaheya and Wadi Zamzam, right on the road to Abugrain.

Truce violated
The Tripoli government led by Fayez al Sarraj accused General Khalifa Haftar's forces of violating the truce between the parties. According to Mohammed Gnougnou, spokesman for the National Agreement Government (GNA), the militias of the Libyan National Army (LNA) also bombed the city of Tripoli today. Haftar's men, he added, are also trying to advance in the Abugrain area, east of the city of Misrata, sided with the Gna. "With its repeated violations, the enemy renders the ceasefire useless," said Gnougnou. The spokesman for the Ministry of Health of Tripoli, Fawzi Onis, intervened to confirm the presence of wounded: "Three people were injured following a sporadic rocket launch on a coffee in the Al Kasi area of ​​Abu Salim, Tripoli" .

The United Nations complaint
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) notes "continuing violations" of the arms embargo targeting the contenders in Libya, violations that pose a serious threat to the truce. UNSMIL "deeply regrets the continuing and flagrant violations of the arms embargo in Libya, even after the commitments made in this regard by the countries concerned during the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin on January 19, 2020".

The UN note
The UN mission notes: "The January 12 truce agreed by the Government of the National Agreement (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA), which led to a significant reduction in hostilities in Tripoli, provided a necessary respite to civilians However, this fragile respite is now threatened by the continued transfer of foreign fighters, weapons, ammunition and advanced systems to the parties by the Member States, including some who attended the Berlin Conference. " "In the past ten days - Unsmil points out - numerous cargo flights and other flights have been observed that have landed at Libyan airports in the western and eastern part of the country, supplying the parties with advanced weapons, armored vehicles, advisers and fighters. The mission condemns these violations in progress, which threaten to plunge the country into a new and more intense cycle of fighting ".

From the blockade to oil damages for 318 million dollars
The economic damage caused by the blockade of the terminals of the Gulf of Sirte and the closing of valves in two pipelines imposed by the forces of General Khalifa Haftar rose to almost 318 million dollars in seven days. Only yesterday, the NOC had fixed the damage at 256.6 million dollars, over 62 million dollars less than today. This was announced by a new bulletin published today by the NOC, the Libyan national oil company, stating that on January 24 Libyan oil production dropped to just over 284 thousand barrels per day compared to the 1.22 million produced before January 18 .