UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salameh said the attack by retired Major General Khalifa Hifter on the capital Tripoli in early April put an end to a promising political track.

Salameh said during an intervention from Tripoli in a session of the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya, that this attack exacerbated the situation and led to the killing of 100 civilians and the displacement of 120 thousand.

The UN envoy added that airport security is at stake, calling on the Security Council to investigate the bombing of Mitiga airport last Sunday that almost caused a disaster for an aircraft carrying pilgrims returning from Mecca.

He called on the Security Council to reach an understanding to end the Libyan conflict instead of risking its continuation indefinitely or providing greater support to its parties.

"Many Libyans have the feeling that some of the international community has abandoned them and that another is exploiting them," he said, adding that "without the unequivocal support of this Council and the international community as a whole, we would be faced with two very unpleasant scenarios": And second, "intensify military support" to one or the other "which will plunge the entire region into chaos."

"The idea of ​​giving a chance to war and considering a military solution is possible is an illusion," said the envoy, who has already complained about the lack of consensus among members of the Security Council and the support of some of its members to the parties to the conflict in Libya.

Fighting has been going on the outskirts of Tripoli since the beginning of April, between the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, who is trying to control the Libyan capital, and the forces of the government of the winner of the UN-recognized al-Sarraj.