The nervy ebb and flow of the battle for Libya's capital shows no sign of changing soon. The violence has allowed militants and migrant smugglers to flourish, hit Libya's oil industry and divided the country's key institutions. Libyans check the site of an air strike in which three children were killed and others wounded on the southern outskirts of the capital Tripoli, October 14, 2019. For those in Tripoli, Haftar must withdraw to his stronghold in the east before any ceasefire. Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) has extended its reach through tenuous local alliances, and struggled to control parts of the east despite support from abroad.

Source: Libya Today October 31, 2019 15:22 UTC