The damage done to Libya will already take “years to mend” but unless fighting around the capital Tripoli stops, the country risks “descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country”. “Without a robust enforcement mechanism, the arms embargo into Libya will be come a cynical joke. He said Libyans would need to adjust in light of the attempts to take Tripoli by force since 4 April. He concluded with a call for the Council to act immediately, in support of politics over any military solution. “Full civil war in Libya is not inevitable.

Source: Libya Today May 22, 2019 13:30 UTC