What prompted forces loyal to Bashagha to try to storm Tripoli? How did the forces of Dabaiba stop it?

TRIPOLI

- It seems that the contradictions reached their climax in the Libyan capital, which sparked clashes - some believe that they were only postponed - between forces affiliated with the Chief of Staff in the National Unity Government headed by Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba and the Presidential Council on the one hand, and others allied with the Prime Minister in charge of Parliament Fathi Bashagha.

The clashes in the center of Tripoli were followed by movements of forces loyal to Bashagha that were maneuvering on the banks of the capital from the “Tripoli Bridge” in the west to the Misurata road in the east, and the forces of his most prominent ally, Major General Osama Juwaili, in the south through the airport road. Abdel Kafi for Al Jazeera Net.

Abdel Kafi likens what happened to “a delicate surgical operation to eradicate some of the formations that threaten the national unity government, led by Haitham al-Tajouri’s forces represented in the 777th Brigade,” stressing that the operation paid off, and is the third and last attempt to impose Bashagha by force as prime minister in Tripoli, excluded in At the same time, Guili and his forces withdraw permanently.

Explanation agreed with by the former member of the political dialogue, Abdul Razzaq Al-Aradi, saying that "the operation took place successfully inside Tripoli and eliminated many small militias." He pointed to the strengthening of some battalions themselves at the expense of the fall of other battalions, which will result in the emergence of new alliances.

one day war

Events that took place in just 17 hours, described by the director of the Bayan Center for Studies, Nazar Akrekish, as dramatic, and that they were rejected by the US embassy and the UN mission, which he sees as an expression of the size of the contradictions that Libya is experiencing between the narratives of the conflicting parties, at a time when he accuses Bashagha Dabaiba of corruption and empowering supporters The former regime accuses Dabaiba of his opponent of allying with retired Major General Khalifa Haftar and of trying to militarize the state.

Akrikish - in his speech to Al Jazeera Net - believes that the different militias and the causes of the fighting will only lead to one result, which is "the collapse of the Geneva Agreement, so Haftar will then call for a new dialogue, and thus avoid elections and seek time and new gains from a transitional phase with which all may fail." The components of the Libyan state.

On the military front, expert Adel Abdel Kafi believes that the matter is a repetition of what happened in the 2019 war when the Government of National Accord isolated some of the battalions that allied with Haftar in his attack on the capital, such as the Adel Daab group in Gharyan and the Al-Kani militia in Tarhuna, likely that the Dabaiba government will take the step. itself by stopping supplies to some of the battalions that betrayed them in alliance with Bashagha, especially after the confrontations resulted in the seizure of the most important headquarters of Haitham al-Tajouri.

A security expert and former adviser in the Government of National Accord agrees, Jihad Al-Bagni, who describes what happened repeatedly, “attempting to enter the capital by force by bribing some militia leaders with money and promises of positions,” but he sees the difference in that the groups involved were stationed in the center of the capital this time and in its administrative and financial center, This caused, for the first time, a street war that did not occur until 2011."

Al-Bajqni credits controlling the situation to the forces defending the capital when they rushed to block the roads in front of the convoys loyal to Bashagha and besieged the “rebel groups”, and consequently the security scene was rearranged with the permanent disappearance of some battalions and the escape of the rest outside the capital, while some formations took advantage of the battles to settle old scores. And it seized the headquarters and mechanisms of rival groups, such as the control of the deterrence forces on the headquarters of Al-Nawasi.

Warriors and Battle Map

The clashes have declared parties, namely, the Stability Support Force led by Ghaniwa al-Kikli with multiple headquarters, most notably in Abu Salim, the 301st Battalion, the Joint Force, and the Constitution Support Force, while the most prominent forces of the other party are represented in the 92nd Infantry Brigade led by Haitham al-Tajouri in Camp 777 on the fence road, supported The forces of Juwaili and Bouzreba in the Zawiya in the west and the forces of Salem Juha in Misurata in the east.

The clashes began specifically on Al-Sour Road, where Camp 777, as well as Al-Zawiya Street and its extension and its subsidiary streets, where the headquarters of the 92nd Battalion, in addition to Al-Nasr Street, ended with new concentrations in several areas, including the concentration of the Janzour Knights force loyal to Dabaiba from the “Saba’ Bridge” to the “Sabatash Bridge” West Tripoli.

Several security sources confirmed to Al Jazeera Net that the "Stability Support Force" led by Gniwa al-Kikli, loyal to the Government of National Unity, had completely taken control of the headquarters of Bashagha loyalists in the center of the capital, Tripoli.

The same sources confirm that the deterrence forces under the command of Abdul Raouf Kara - headquartered in the Maitika area - moved to sites belonging to the Nawasi under the leadership of Mustafa Kaddour, and ended their control over them, and thus extended to the Shatt Road to the island of Tuesday and also the railway road in the center of the capital and were stationed in the headquarters of Al-Nawasi and the headquarters Intelligence and the port of Tripoli.

The clashes in areas south of Tripoli ended with the control of the Public Security Force, led by Imad Trabelsi, loyal to the unity government, over areas in the south of the city that were under the control of forces loyal to the Bashaga government and received positions belonging to Osama Juwaili’s forces in “Simafro Al-Gyps”, as well as the “Seven April” camp, and the headquarters of “Al-Da’wa” Islamic", which was the prospective seat of the government of Bashagha.

new stage

In turn, the former member of the political dialogue, Abdul Razzaq Al-Aradi, indicated that a number of embassies had prior knowledge of an operation planned by the unity government, which was described as a "limited surgical operation", suggesting that what happened will pave the way for entering a new phase, considering that a political solution is still elusive. Unless a party or coalition controls the entire Libyan territory, and issues a new constitutional declaration in which the two Houses, the House of Representatives and the Supreme State Council, are dissolved, and they assume full authority.

Al-Aradi and others do not rule out the scenario of the continuation of international interference and pressure in the direction of forcing the conflicting parties to return to the two legislative councils to agree on a constitutional basis and an election law that may end the conflict peacefully.

As for Al-Bajqni, he confirms that "the current situation does not mean the end of the conflict. The only constant in Libya is a change of loyalties," suggesting that Tripoli will witness other battles to settle scores until the state regains its prestige and imposes its authority by force, which he considers unlikely in light of regional and international interventions.