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| Further clashes west of Tripoli but coastal road open |
| 2015-05-02 |
| [LibyaHerald] Clashes took place this evening in an area called Abu Sera between Zawia and the Warshfana area between forces linked to the Libyan National Army (LNA) and those of Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... . There are also unconfirmed reports that LNA support forces (Zintanis and Warshefanis) are gathering east of Zawia to blockade it from that direction, as well as from the south. Eyewitness have told the Libya Herald that they have seen LNA forces at Sayed (west of Janzour) with no resistance being offered from Libya Dawn. As for the 27 Bridge, witness said the highway is still open. There is a growing nervousness in Zawia at the Warshefana advance with locals accusing Misrata of having abandoned them. Most of the accusations are targeted at Misrata's Halboos Brigade which agreed a truce with the Warshefana and pulled out its fighters from the area. In particular they accuse Fathi Bashagha and Ali Dabeba, leaders of the brigade. Bashagha also leads the Misratan delegation to the UNSMIL brokered Dialogue process. Meanwhile today, it was reported that yet another Dawn attempt to seize Wattiya Airbase had been repulsed by LNA support forces. |
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