As meat sizzled on a barbeque in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters defending the capital from a military offensive rested during "the calm before the storm" on the front lines. "But it's the calm before the storm," said Hamza al-Hsan, a commander of Misrata's Battalion 166. Fierce clashes followed the launch of Haftar's offensive on April 4, but the fighting has become sporadic in the densely-populated southern suburbs. Mohamad returned to the front lines, this time in Tripoli to face Haftar's forces, only to be wounded again days ago. While the GNA has allowed dozens of foreign media outlets to cover the fighting, no independent journalists have been given access by Haftar's forces.

Source: Libya Today June 03, 2019 15:45 UTC