“A ceasefire agreement was reached + signed today to end all hostilities,” the U.N. mission in Libya said on Twitter. Fighting erupted last week when the Seventh Brigade, militias which hail from Tarhouna, a town about 60 km south of Tripoli, attacked southern neighborhoods of the capital. The Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigades and the Nawasi Brigade – militias supporting the UN-backed government – have come to the city’s defense. The UN-brokered ceasefire came after the Presidential Council (PC) declared the state of emergency in the capital early this week when fighting hit the capital airport and damaged the oil facilities. The Turkish foreign ministry said it supports all ceasefire efforts seeking to restore peace and security in Tripoli.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 05, 2018 12:33 UTC