Clashes erupted between the forces of the National Reconciliation Government and the forces of retired brigade Khalifa Hafter south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. The latter also launched air strikes, after a two-day lull.
Al-Jazeera correspondent reported renewed clashes with heavy and medium weapons between the two sides in the areas of Tugar, Ramle and Azizia near the old Tripoli International Airport. Hafar forces also launched a surprise attack in the area of Al-Suwani, which resulted in the withdrawal of the Al-Wefaq forces from one of its advanced positions in the area.
A military source said that a plane belonging to the forces of Hafer launched several raids on the forces of reconciliation in the axis of Qasr bin Ghashir without causing casualties.
This comes a day after statements by delegates of France, Germany and Belgium to the United Nations ahead of the start of two emergency meetings of the Security Council on the situation in Libya and Syria, calling for an immediate and unconditional cessation of fighting in Tripoli.
Since April 4, Haftar forces have launched an offensive against Tripoli, home to the internationally recognized government of national reconciliation, in a move that has sparked international condemnation and condemnation.
According to the WHO office in Libya, 454 people have been killed and 2,154 injured since the outbreak of the battle in Tripoli. Some 55,000 people have been displaced from combat areas.
He urged his soldiers to fight harder and "teach their enemies a lesson," pointing out that the attack on Tripoli would not stop in the month of Ramadan.
Although Hafar's forces managed to enter the four main cities surrounding the capital, Sabratha, Sorman, Gharian and Harouna, and penetrated into the southern suburbs of Tripoli, they failed to penetrate the military cordon around the center of the capital, which houses the sovereign headquarters.