The head of the social commission of Tubu tribe, Hassan Shacki denied withdrawing from the locations they controlled on Saturday in the city - southern Libya - saying they now have their grip on northern and eastern Sabha.
"We have reopened the road that connects the city to northern Libyan cities and we call on the Presidential Council to assume its duties and secure Sabha." Shacki added.
Sources reported that Sixth Brigade Infantry withdrew from its locations today after it regained control late on Saturday in a hit-and-run battle with the Tubu rustics.
The sources added that the pullout came on orders by the commander of the brigade, al-Mabrouk al-Ghazwi who is under Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...'s command, saying other forces will be tasked with securing the castle.
Sixth Brigade Infantry is made up of the Arab inhabitants of Sabha, Awlad Sulaiman tribe, and some of its forces are under the Presidential Council's command while others are under Haftar forces' command.
The southern Libyan city, Sabha, reportedly saw the heaviest fighting since February on Friday night using heavy and medium weapons and reportedly some shells fell on houses in the city.
In the meantime, Tubu tribe elders issued a statement calling for activating the role of Libyan Army as per the regulations known to the Libyan military laws so the camps and locations can all return under the legal army command and away from outlaw militias.