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fight for Tripoli rages on

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.. five months to the day since the forces of the self-styled Libyan National Army launched an offensive to seize control of Tripoli, halting “an active and promising political process”, ..

Airport attacks, he noted that “disaster” was narrowly averted last Sunday when a plane full of returning pilgrims was “miraculously not hit” by a series of shells fired at Mitiga airport. Seven people were, however, injured.
Libyans continue ‘spilling their blood on the battlefield’ as fight for Tripoli rages on | UN News
 
Fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli has killed about 1,000 people and displaced more than 100,000 since the start of Haftar's offensive.

"I am concerned by the presence of foreign fighters (ISIS) and mercenaries being employed by parties to the conflict in Libya, as well as by the influx of weapons to the country," he added, calling for strict adherence to an arms embargo in place since 2011.
UN chief Guterres fears eruption of 'full civil war' in Libya | Antonio Guterres News | Al Jazeera
 
In the capital of Libya, educational institutions have stopped classes because of the constant shelling of the city.
The Nobel peace prize winner Barack Obama has perfectly restored democracy there. Does he want to send his children to study in a new, democratic Libya?
 
Russians Fighting in Libya Do Not Represent the State, Putin Says - The Moscow Times



Russian private military contractors have clandestinely fought in support of Russian forces in Syria and Ukraine, Reuters and other media have previously reported. The contractors are recruited by a private military group known as Wagner Group whose members are mostly ex-service personnel.

The Russian state denies it uses mercenaries abroad.

During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow, Putin said it was time to hold Libya peace talks in Berlin, as it was important to end the conflict in the country. Merkel said at the same press conference that Germany plans to start sending out invitations for the peace talks soon.
 
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