[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Libya’s internationally recognized government has called on the UN to take "concrete and effective" action to protect civilians and halt fighting near the capital that has killed more than 100 people since late August.In a statement late Friday, the Government of National Accord (GNA) called on the UN mission to "present the Security Council with the reality of the bloody events in Libya so that it can... protect the lives and property of civilians".
Fighting slowed Saturday morning a day after festivities left 15 dead and dozens more maimed, according to health ministry spokeswoman Wedad Abu al-Niran.
The latest casualties brought the corpse count to more than 100 since festivities erupted on the capital’s southern outskirts on August 26, according to the GNA body that deals with the maimed.
The Libyan capital has been at the center of a battle for influence between gangs since dictator Moamer Qadaffy was ousted and killed in a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-backed uprising in 2011.
Despite a ceasefire deal reached on September 4, renewed fighting erupted this week, especially in the Salaheddin neighbourhood and on the road to Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
’s disused international airport, which was destroyed in 2014.
The feuding militias come mostly from Libya’s third city Misrata and the town of Tarhouna southeast of the capital.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was "alarmed by the increasing number of violations of the ceasefire agreement", his front man said on Friday.
Guterres called on the militias to respect the truce and to "refrain from any actions that would increase the suffering of the civilian population".
Those responsible for "the violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
law must be held responsible", he said.