Libyan Al-Wefaq government forces strengthened their advance on the ground and thwarted counterattacks. While Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said he had closed the field of negotiations with retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, the Tunisian president clarified his country's position on the situation in Libya.
The Libyan National Accord government forces foiled an attempt to advance Haftar forces in the Ain Zara axis, south of the capital, Tripoli.
Military sources said to the island that Al-Wefaq forces repelled the attack and destroyed three armed cars of Haftar forces, and seized two other cars.
The sources confirmed that Haftar forces tried to advance the axes of Kabylia and the martyrs in Ain Zara, but then retreated due to the resistance they faced, and fired mortar shells heavily to ensure the retreat of its personnel.
In a related context, Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted field sources as saying that the forces of Al-Wefaq government had advanced towards the outskirts of Al-Wattia base in the northwest of the country, and that its planes had targeted locations inside them in preparation for storming them.
Al-Wefaq forces had taken control of the entire West Coast after fierce battles with Haftar's forces. Tranquility prevails in the cities of Sorman, Sabratah, and Al-Ajilat, after Al-Wefaq forces regained control.
The security services of the Ministry of Interior in the National Accord government have deployed their personnel in the cities of Sabratha, Sarman, and Al-Ajailat, west of Tripoli, to enforce security and reactivate the Ministry of Interior headquarters.
Al-Wefaq government forces announced their control of the western coast cities in Libya, and securing them all the way between the capital, Tripoli, to the Tunisian border.
Since April 2019, Haftar's forces have launched an attack on the Libyan capital in an attempt to control it, killing hundreds of people and displacing more than 200,000 people.
On Tuesday, rockets landed in Tripoli, attributed to the Haftar forces by the government of Al-Wefaq, after it lost two strategic cities in western Libya.
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On the other hand, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya has expressed grave alarm at the continuing escalation of violence in Libya, especially the intensification of fighting in the past few days.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the mission condemned the indiscriminate shelling of the forces of retired Libyan Major General Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli with missiles, many of which landed in civilian neighborhoods and resulted in casualties.
The mission said it was following with great concern reports of attacks on civilians, storming of Sorman Prison and the release of about 400 prisoners without proper legal procedures or investigation, as well as the representation of corpses and reprisals.
The UN mission also expressed concern over the looting, robbery and burning of public and private property in the western coastal cities that were recently controlled by forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord.
Clarification from Tunisia
For his part, Tunisian President Qais Said renewed his country's "firm" position on the Libyan situation and its adherence to legitimacy and law, according to the Tunisian presidential statement.
During a phone call with Al-Sarraj, Saeed said that the statements that might be made are inconsistent with this position, either that he was misunderstood, or that promoting it aims to suggest that the official position has changed.
The Tunisian Defense Minister, Emad Al-Hazqi, used in a previous statement the term militias when speaking about the forces affiliated with the Al-Wefaq government, which sparked widespread controversy, especially on social media platforms.