The U.N. Mission in Libya
urged on Wednesday all Libyan parties to avoid actions or
political rhetoric that could trigger escalation or renewed
clashes in Tripoli, following reports of continued military
buildup in and around the city.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah ordered in May
the dismantling of what he called irregular armed groups, which
was followed by Tripoli’s fiercest clashes in years between two
armed groups that killed at least eight civilians.
“The Mission continues its efforts to help de-escalate the
situation and calls on all parties to engage in good faith
towards this end … Forces recently deployed in Tripoli must
withdraw without delay,” the U.N. Mission said on social media.
A Tripoli-based Government of National Unity under
al-Dbeibah was installed through a U.N.-backed process in 2021
but the Benghazi-based House of Representatives no longer
recognises its legitimacy.
Libya has had little stability since a 2011 NATO-backed
uprising ousted longtime autocrat Muammar Gaddafi. The country
split in 2014 between rival eastern and western factions, though
an outbreak of major warfare paused with a truce in 2020.
While eastern Libya has been dominated for a decade by
commander Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army, control
in Tripoli and western Libya has been splintered among numerous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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