In the army Haftar called successful the first stage of the attack on Tripoli

"With regard to the course of military operations for the liberation of the Libyan capital Tripoli, led by the Libyan national army against the formations (the government of national consent. - RT ), terrorist groups, the first stage was completed successfully," - he said.

According to al-Kataani, the offensive consisted of two phases: the advancement of troops and the exhaustion of the enemy.

In June, the Libyan division of the World Health Organization said that 443 people were killed in the fighting in Tripoli.

Head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov Andrei Koshkin, in an interview with the publication “PolitEkspert”, expressed the opinion that Haftar is positioning himself as a collector of lands, and taking the capital for him is the final stage in the process of achieving this goal.