Today, Thursday, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya expressed its deep concern about the escalation of recent violence in the capital, Tripoli, stressing the importance of commitment to the ceasefire, and calling on all parties to avoid any steps that escalate tension.
In a statement, the mission stressed the need to completely respect the ceasefire agreement, and called on armed formations to return to their barracks.
She also confirmed that she was closely monitoring the fragile truce in Tripoli, which came after bloody confrontations between armed and enforceable armed groups.
For its part, the United Nations International Migration Organization expressed its concern about military escalation, warning of “great risks” that may lead to collective displacement and threaten civilians.
The organization called for an “immediate stopping fighting”, stressing the necessity of protecting the population in accordance with international humanitarian law.
According to the organization’s spokesman, the clashes that erupted since Monday evening caused a state of panic among civilians, especially after the killing of the head of the stability support agency, Abdul Ghani Al -Kakali, in Tripoli.
The spokesman affirmed the organization’s welcome to reports indicating a ceasefire, calling for his respect without conditions to protect civilians and their dignity.
The security situation is stable
In the same context, the Ministry of Interior in the National Unity Government announced that the security situation in Tripoli is “stable and under control”, noting that the security forces are continuing to perform their duty to secure public order.
The ministry indicated that it had deployed security patrols and traffic police at several points inside the capital, and called on public employees and citizens to return to their work and help restore normal life.
For 3 days, Tripoli witnessed armed clashes in separate areas, most notably Salah al -Din and Abu Selim, amid reports of armed groups in the vicinity of the city. The confrontations were renewed at dawn on Wednesday, which increased fears of the return of security chaos.
These developments come in light of the continuation of the sharp political division in Libya between two competing governments, the first in the West headed by Abdel Hamid Al -Dubaya, and the second in the east led by Osama Hammad and supported by Parliament and retired brigade Khalifa Haftar.
The United Nations efforts to hold frequent parliamentary and parliamentary elections have been facing repeated since 2022, amid hopes that these elections – if organized – will contribute to unifying Libyan institutions and ending the ongoing conflict since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011.