Deadly Clashes Reported in Suburbs of Tripoli
  • 6 years ago
Militias clashed in the suburbs of Tripoli, Libya, on August 27, and local news outlets reported multiple casualties.This footage filmed from near Salah al-Din hospital in Tripoli, shows a plume of smoke in the distance at 1:00, and the sound of cracks, which could be munitions, are audible at 2:26.Fighting in the suburbs south of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, where the Government of National Accord is based, started on Sunday and increased in intensity into Monday. The two main militias fighting are the Revolutionaries of Tripoli and the Seventh Infantry Brigade.The Presidential Guard for the Government of National Accord said in a Facebook post that the Seventh Infantry Brigade was not aligned with them, and urged the groups to stop fighting to preserve the safety of the capital. Credit: Libyan Cloud News Agency via Storyful