Libyan clashes: According to the spokesperson of Tripoli’s Emergency Medicine and Support Centre, the death toll from fighting in Libya’s capital on Monday and Tuesday was 55 dead and 146 injured. The confrontations were the bloodiest in Tripoli in years, and they ended late Tuesday when one side gave over the head of a rival faction, whose seizure had sparked the fighting, to a neutral force. The clashes began on Monday, following the detention of the 444 Brigade’s commander, Colonel Mahmoud Hamza, by the rival Special Deterrence Force, according to an interior ministry spokesman. Since the NATO-backed rebellion that overthrew Gaddafi, Libya has seen more than a decade of intermittent violence. Also read: 11 killed in explosion in Dominican Republic

Source: Libya Today August 17, 2023 07:12 UTC