this is deja news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the fight for tripoli shelling continues in the libyan capital as the warlord highly for have to moves to take the city from the u.n. back to government at least two hundred people have been killed since the strongman gone she's offensive two weeks ago will learn why foreign policy con find common ground on happened. and we captured the story of the hassle in the city of. play young people are not heeding the state's famous holdin back. i'm christine wonderwall come to news africa i'm glad you're shootin and the lawn call over libya by the world health organization who say more than two hundred people have been killed and hundreds more wounded this week as fighting rages over the capital tripoli the call comes as the united nations fails to agree on taking action to stop powerful militias. in his attempts to overthrow the un backed government in the capital now with fighting also intensifying on other regions in libya at least twenty five thousand people have been displaced in recent days i'll be discussing the dynamics of t

and tripoli two months ago he was in abu dhabi with the head of the government of tripoli's raj and people were talking about a kind of a peace deal that was being brokered and there should be elections to the end of the year so i think that if i didn't want really to share the power with the other governments you want to try to seize the power in tripoli and also the moment where the jury and the government there june army was preoccupied with the demonstrations instead of geria and be the only leader of libya so that's why he sees that moment and actually maybe he succeeded in terms of the that the conference that was in mid april. you know in the auspices of the u.s. was canceled so kind of success ok for him ok so i mean he is the man people would would be reading about and hearing about right now we've put a bit of a bit of a portrait on him let's have a look at that and then we'll continue our conversation that. i have to it is by no means a newcomer to libya's political scene and throughout for decades the military strongman has shifted from the center to the periphery and is now at

to sister capital tripoli. is there any room for diplomacy at this point. foreign policy institute at johns hopkins university in. libya is once again heading for a full scale civil war with prospects of national reconciliation put on hold as shots ring out around the beleaguered nation's capital with the un powerless to stop the fighting and its peacemaking process hosted by the violence is there still hope for a peaceful unification. libya's warring factions libya headed into years and years of destructive fighting. on the capital swishy put an end to the country's. wells in error fellow at the foreign policy. john hopkins university welcome to the show it's great to have you with us. so. while hot start apparently expected a quick and decisive victory in tripoli it looks like the offensive is getting bogged down in the suburbs after militias from misrata joined in a forces apparently keen on keep fighting but can he really win now that the momentum is gone. i don't see him winning to be honest i think he underestimated the kind of resistance he's going t

and tripoli. and united nations remain. available to facilitate any political solution able to uni fight the libyan institutions. libyan officials say the capital remains calm for now no doubt the main if you didn't promise the situation is normal and there is no form of fighting prime minister fayyad serai has given orders to the air defense to stand up to any possible threat to the lives of civilians libya has been in turmoil since the nato backed removal of its longtime ruler mama gadhafi in twenty eleven and since twenty fourteen it's had two competing governments have to dominates the east of libya leading a loose alliance of armed factions he's repeatedly expressed his intention to march on tripoli beyond. his ambitions some analysts say after his goal is allowed a voice in diplomatic efforts to secure a peaceful future this and now this minute this moment is just because the national conference is coming in ten days or so time i don't think you're going to see any pitched battles and he may be working the media narra

there have been a fierce battle some thirty kilometers from the center of tripoli mainly arrange the former international airports which was destroyed in the fighting back in twenty fourteen forces loyal to the u.n. by government say at least one hundred and forty five of us fighters have surrendered in zawiya to the west of tripoli g. seven foreign ministers meeting in france have issued a statement strongly opposing the violence in libya they are backing united nations efforts to stop the escalation in fighting but we'll go live to tripoli and just a moment but first victoria gate wraps up all the developments on the grounds. answering to defend tripoli soldiers from misrata arrive in the capital to help push back i have to ask. forces have to suffer to set back on friday when at least one hundred forty five of his fighters were captured during battles near tripoli's old international airport in an audio recording have to had urged his forces to in his words liberate the city. those who lay down arms will be safe those who remain home a safe those who holds the white flag are safe.

to stop the have to advance on tripoli. we call on those brainwashed and radicalized to lay down their arms we will not allow that you wanted to return to rule libya will be a civil state now pledge will be to the homeland and god we announced the launch of the volcano of wrath in order to restore the seized areas. have toes assault began last week and say his forces say. they've see some areas around the south of the capital. on saturday they said they taken over the old left route but were pushed out by forces loyal to the tripoli based government have tolls forces a fighting what they call terrorist groups that backed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt bombs there's a possibility being tripoli has become the capital of terror and terrorists tripoli is the capital for a group of criminals who number around one or two thousand but they have weapons and they control the political decisions most dangerous lead they have the money by controlling the central bank of libya and the oil companies the head of libya's tripoli bas

lay people here and tripoli they say the are very worried that the war it gets into the capital tripoli then. they will be the consequence is of course also as you know that international institutions have shown concern about the military is collation around tripoli and the united nations secretary general and tony good turkish has expressed his disappointment after his meeting was the warlord priefer have that embassy today thanks very much ok let's go live now to the u.n. in new york and our correspondent there mike hanna so my course you're reading of these comments from and to new turbos well certainly he's sounding very somber and turn your good terrorists once in libya to organize a. conference later this month which was due to bring together a the warring sides in libya with a view to mapping out a road map for political development leading to elections as current round of conflict clearly a possibly undermining of this u.n. plan could terrorists conducting a four day off shuttle diplomacy he traveled from tripoli to to brooke where he met with. a backer of. who he met with in be

while hostile apparently expected a quick and decisive victory in tripoli it looks like the offensive is getting bogged down in the suburbs after militias from misrata showing jna forces after hours apparently keen on keep fighting but can he really win now that the momentum is gone. i don't see him winning to be honest i think he underestimated the kind of resistance he's going to face. and the resistance is not just from misrata i mean he pretty much is a rallying cry across the entire western part of libya from xin and from misrata from other towns all over the place groups within tripoli itself in addition to the military that is under the authority of the legitimate government of tripoli they're all. resisting i've got to show he did not really realize that he's going to be ironically the one who is going to unite all of these disparate groups in many ways some of them where enemies of each other to defend to defend the west against him so i don't see him being able to do anything for them that he's also his forces are retreating in many parts of the western part of libya i think

security council statement to condemn his advance on tripoli now protesters in tripoli have urged the foreign ministry to summon the ambassadors of egypt's the u.a.e. saudi arabia and france and they say they want libya's representatives to the u.n. arab league and the african union to take measures against have tar. the and. let's bring in our panel now joining us from london and. director of the tripoli based sadek institute in rome francesco guy head of the political risk consultancy policy sonar and joining us from oxford is oliver miles a former british ambassador to libya welcome to you all thank you so much for being on inside story and bassett or all of the miles if i can start with you so many countries being influential roles are outside powers worsening the conflict in libya. yes yes they are it's a strange situation because for a long time now there's been universe for oral agreement verbal agreement international level that there should be no. military support for any of the parties in libya in fact as a un embargo on arms control but some countries have been blatantly ig

from my police an american point of view the guys in tripoli or the government and its forces in tripoli cannot be considered terrorists as half there would like to say because they for terrorism and proved their worth now did this chaos is happening some elements of isis have been seen over the last week or so in libya in public in some areas and it's obvious some of them act act half their forces in some areas like. an area in. libya where he held the upper hand so a lot of these elements as we all know that thrive on chaos and what have to did last week sort of the level of chaos across libya even if he wins tripoli that chaos will continue because there will be pockets of very very intensity existence for him across the country and i thought i'm afraid like everybody else that this chaos prolongs for a while is going to attract more extremists from around africa and the region including isis and al qaeda elements. who are going on to thrive as they always do in an area of complete chaos. or at least take a share a break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to half that al

tripoli. fighters loyal to the u.s. and back tripoli government more trucks mounted with machine guns to does the libyan capital under orders to stop will have to advance on tripoli a lot of them there we call on those brainwashed and radicalized to lay down their arms we will not allow the you wanted to return to roll libya will be a civil state and our pledge will be to the homeland and god we announced the launch of the volcano of wrath in order to restore the seized areas. have to his assault began last week and so far his forces say they have seized some areas around the south of the capital. saturday the sand the taking over the old eighth port but were pushed out by forces loyal to the tripoli based government have to his forces have now increase their attacks opening new fronts in the south of tripoli they unbagged government in the capital is urging civilians to leave where there is fighting and a truce called by the un was ignored by all sides. have to his forces say they are fightin

itself in addition to the military that is under the authority of the legitimate government of tripoli they're all. resisting ok so he did not really realize that he's going to be ironically the one who is going to unite all of these disparate groups in many ways some of them were enemies of each other to defend to defend the west against him so i don't see him being able to do anything for them that he's also his forces are retreating in many parts of the western part of libya i think less he resorts to what he did for example two days ago and that is indiscriminate bombings i was going to say have to use power base as far off to the east and some analysts are actually saying that his offensive is based on some very shaky logistics how long can he keep fighting and how much pressure can he ultimately exert on tripoli. i don't think he can keep fighting that long he's already sending out all kinds of signals saying he will stop. fighting he just is holding on. to condition that he's not it doesn't want to retreat and there is also the possibility that some elements that he had defeated

in the west of tripoli forces from misrata alongside forces from tripoli allied with you and back the government of national accord are now advancing to the south of tripoli to join other forces allied with the government of national accord in the area of. that's north of the un with clashing against forces loyal to the world. we understand that. the prime and back to prime minister has given orders to the. force to engage and launch strikes against any military activities that would target the capital tripoli algerian media reporting the intelligence chief has been fired or the man tiger is a retired army general is a close ally of the former president of the laws he's going to flicker and these are life scenes from the capital jurors where protesters have gathered once again and they're demanding the prime minister and the speaker of the upper house step down immediately the british prime minister to resign me has asked the european union for another delay to practice it in a letter to the e.u. may has asked for a three month extension until the end of june the u.k. is due to leave

tripoli. tripoli government moved trucks mounted with. machine guns too does the libyan capital under orders to stop will have to advance on tripoli a lot of them there we call on those brainwashed and radicalized to lay down their arms we will not allow the you wanted to return to roll libya will be a civil state and our pledge will be to the homeland and god we announced the launch of the volcano of wrath in order to restore the seized areas. have to his assault began last week and so far his forces say they have seized some areas around the south of the capital. saturday the sand the taking over the old a port but were pushed out by forces loyal to the tripoli based government have to his forces have now increased that attacks opening new fronts in the south of tripoli they unbagged government in the capital is urging civilians to leave as where there is fighting a naturalist called by the un was ignored by all sides. have to his forces say they are fighting terrorist to grooves that are ba

of tripoli as i mentioned the u.n. security council held a meeting to discuss the situation in libya mike hanna has more from the u.n. . the emergency meeting concluded and the german ambassador in his capacity as president of the council issued a short statement he said the security council was united in its call for all parties to withdraw all their forces in particular the rebel a he said the council called to one all parties to resume a process of dialogue the un was due to sponsor a conference of national reconciliation in libya later this month that was aimed at creating a road map through a political process leading to national elections that conference now in jeopardy because of this upsurge in conflict secretary general antonio good terrorists had been in libya to actually organize this conference it turned instead to a mission of shuttle diplomacy we held a series of meetings with senior figures including the prime minister in tripoli and rebel leaders in both to brooke and benghazi he held a meeting with. th

to tripoli but also he said that . their troops are going to chase have to us forces in other cities which means that the conflict might be prolonged good not only in tripoli but might be extended to other southern cities like the horner and the u.n. which are the major supporters of have to currently also but he got to being there . the advancement on the ground have to craft an air strike that targeted a military camp that belongs to their d.n.a. but there are no casualties reported because according to military commanders in the ground on the ground they say that when the. launch of the air strike the camp was empty there was no casualty at that strikes also at the same time there are clashes now thirty five kilometers to the south from the city center between have to his forces and their d.n.a. forces meanwhile more deployments and forces military units are coming now from the city of misrata and also from the city of is in town now according to brigadier general of noon. these are the areas controlled by the g.n.a

men from tripoli and one hundred reports. the prime minister of libya has you and back the government meeting the troops thirty kilometers west of tripoli i was in earlier fighters loyal to the warlords twenty four have attempted to enter tripoli but eventually surrounded dozens of their vehicles you will see used a setback for hathor who has ordered his troops in his words to liberate tripoli it's raising fears of a major confrontation with the u. and recognized government the united nations secretary general antonio arrived in tripoli this week he flew to eastern libya to meet hafter in an attempt to ease tensions he also visited tobruk whom to libya's parallel parliament which is backed by have to i still hope it will be possible that a lot of station in and around tripoli. and united nations remain. available facilitate any political solution able to unify the libyan institutions here in tripoli libyan officials say the capital remains calm and the reassuring people who live here that government forces are ready to repel

tripoli has become the capital of terror and terrorists tripoli is the capital for a group of criminals who number around one or two thousand but they have weapons and they control. political decisions no strangers leave they have the money by controlling the central bank of libya and the oil companies the head of libya's tripoli based government is accused have tall and his forces of betraying the country and his wound of a war without anyone is. libya's been divided between two competing governments since twenty forty analysts say have tossed fighters will play stiff resistance in tripoli i don't see any lack of intent i am more concerned marketability and that's where i'm not sure whether his forces are up to the task i mean he was able to to you know take over much of the south west i mean easily tripoli is going to be used to face a lot of resistance so we're looking at you know a long protracted conflict the u.n. says talks to rebuild libya's fractured political system will go ahead as planned but war weary libyans are now facing the prospect of some of the worst fighting since th

news live from berlin libya's capital under siege a military strongman fighters advance on the city of tripoli dozens have been killed in the un backed government says it is launching a counter offensive as western countries call for a truce also on the program the sudden release of a prominent film and theatre director by a russian court he was arrested almost two years ago for embezzlement and put under house arrest. and well iraq thank you so much for your company everyone we start off in libya where the battle for control of the capital tripoli is raging while militias opposed to libya's u.n. back to government are closing in on the capital tripoli they forced a closure of the city's only functioning airport and thousands are reported to be fleeing the city while the militias are under the command of military strongman half. while he backs a rival government in the east and says he's conducting a war against terrorists but as opponents say he wants to set up a military dictatorship the u.n. backed government in tripoli says its forces are mounting a counter offensive offensive while dozens

libyan army is moving towards tripoli was willing goal which is to free tripoli from the armed militias. that was. also coming up tonight european parliament elections are next month in italy training has begun for europe's next class of populist leaders where monks used to worship now men with names such as ban and are teaching nationalist politics to silting in the next generation is going to become that day but had quote of the fight to defend the judeo christian basis of western civilization so that's just not just in europe but right across the world. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world well. we begin the day with the latest battle for tripoli ever since more market off he was ousted in two thousand and eleven libya has floundered as a failed state it's political poverty matched only by its wealth in oil and the armed men trying to control it or tonight the world lord khalifa have talk is leaving his troops in a campaign to take tripoli the capital of libya as you win back the government france have to close his western ally claims it knew nothing

the road to tripoli. this is general have tells self-styled militia it's substantial and it's moving west in a bid to take the capital. general have to he's now on the move controls the south and the east of the country he set his sights on the libyan capital the united nations' backed government base in tripoli is supported by a range of malicious. in order to defend the city militias that support the un backed government deploying their own troops to fend off general have taught us offensive. but have to who ordered his troops to take the capital on thursday is determined by your loved. heroes the time has come. it is time to advance. as you have always done so that the dog was a farm step towards tripoli and to enter it peacefully what will be said i mean all of them a lot of. the libyans this is another escalation in a long and gritty power struggle conflict is rumbled on since the fall of more monkey def in two thousand and eleven with militias vying for power and control of libya's oil. the internat

the un chief calls for calm in libya as troops loyal toward threaten to advance on tripoli. hello again from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera. this report is going to have to assure safety in that nation say investigate is an ethiopian say the pilots of a passenger jet that crashed last month followed the correct procedures provided by boeing also british members of parliament of back to plant brags that to guarantee the u.k. can leave the european union without a deal. and the closest encounter yet in space that will shed more light on the song. the u.n. secretary general is calling for calm in libya where troops loyal to the wall are khalifa haftar of threatening an advance on the capital tripoli. has posted video online appearing to show a large convoy of heavily armed vehicles on the move after ordered his forces to head west towards the capital to fight what he calls the remaining terrorist groups well at least two people have been reported dead in battles between troops and forces loyal to the un recognized government in

head has more from the capital tripoli. the prime minister of libya as you and back to government face meeting the troops thirty kilometers west of tripoli i was in earlier fighters loyal to the world khalifa haftar attempted to enter tripoli but eventually surrounded dozens of their vehicles will seized a setback for her third who has ordered his troops in his words to liberate tripoli it's raising fears of a major confrontation with the u. and recognized government the united nations secretary general antonio arrived in tripoli this week he flew to eastern libya to meet hafter in an attempt to ease tensions he also visited tobruk whom to libya's parallel parliament which is backed by have to i still hope it be possible that a lot of station in and around tripoli. and united nations remain. available facilitate political solution able to uni fi the libyan institutions here in tripoli libyan officials say the capital remains calm and the reassuring people who live here that government forces are ready to repel any attack on

tripoli well the u.n. security council fears that the fighting will threaten talks to rebuild libya's fraction political system. we are very concerned about the events over the last two or three days in libya specifically the military activity was seen in the vans towards tripoli and we are very clear today in calling for elena to withdraw to previously held positions and to cease military activity there is no military solution in libya and we need to see everybody getting back into the political process being so expertly chaired by ghassan salama and to resume dialogue mike hanna has more from the united nations. the emergency meeting concluded and the german ambassador in his capacity as president of the council issued a short statement he said the security council was united in its call for all parties to withdraw all their forces in particular the rebel l n a he said the council called to one all parties to resume a process of dialogue the un was due to sponsor a conference of national reconciliation i

tripoli. with us forces advancing on the capital the u.n. security council calls an emergency meeting. going on as i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up another vote to end debate u.s. backing of the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen now it's down to president trump. a sorry state we're in venezuela where the health care system is collapsing. and zooming into their everyday lives we see how south koreans are handling being the first in the world with nationwide five g. . troops loyal to libya warlord khalifa haftar are edging closer to the capital and that's drawn a response from forces supporting the un backed government they've been before deployed to defend tripoli as huffed our vows in his words to liberate the city here's how close troops are there within seventy kilometers of tripoli after taking control of the town of grania the un security council has called an emergency meeting for friday but it's not clear at this point how it can stop what may turn into a major co

of tripoli hit by the shelling. you it is a civil barrack attack by the criminal khalifa haftar on the. districts of the capital which confirms his brutality this can't be done by anyone who has the minimum seats of humanity i assure everyone that he will receive his punishment tomorrow all documents will be submitted to the international criminal court for him to be treated as a war criminal who has committed crimes against humanity. meanwhile an incident on one of libya's border is is raising more questions about the involvement of foreign countries in the conflict it happened on sunday when a group of people carrying weapons and french diplomatic passports attempted to cross from libya into neighboring tunisia tenacious defense minister said in a statement an armed group of thirteen french nationals tried on sunday to cross a land border under diplomatic cover with four wheel drive vehicles through the raster dear border crossing the french embassy in tunisia meanwhile says that the group were members of the team

tripoli and also yesterday house that met with the u.n. general a secretary. yes where afterwards the. u.n. envoy to libya stated. made it clear that he had no interest in halting his advance so in general it is quite obvious that he is so quite determined to take over tripoli tell us more about khalifa haftar who is he and what is he what does he want to achieve he is a military man who participated in the coup of the libyan king back in the one nine hundred sixty s. he helped get daffy to take over power afterwards he was responsible for troops in chad where he was captured for almost twenty years afterwards he went to exile in the u.s. and worked for the cia there and he went back after the downfall of gadhafi and participated of course had a big role in expanding within libya. if i could add something else the thing is he is a military man who was completely against islamists he did accuse the u.n. backed government of supporting the muslim brotherhood who is basically in power right now in tripoli also he's a man who is interested in

well mahmoud abdullah had joins us now live from tripoli a man who at the u.n. have called for an urgent truce was jus to start brains about now is that correct. that's correct and the united nations support the mission in libya says it has demanded a truce for two hours from four pm until six pm local time to wait without giving good casualties numbers we understand that this more of from the united nations support the mission in libya comes following good random shelling that landed in populated areas also in the ministry of health g.n.a.t. their government of national accord has declared a state of emergency and has put all its hospitals and medical centers in the capital tripoli on high alert as you know. the casualties of the clashes according to the health minister the health ministry the number of the number of casualties since the third is day six dead and fifty four hundred. we understand that the the the government said tripoli had promised a counter offensive unsure how that stands now with this. truce but what have we been evening for with this opera

head has more from tripoli. clashes broke out again on the southern part of tripoli near the diversity of the international in active airport as the forces loyal to the kidneys the government of national called have advanced toward the center of the tripoli international airport it's very strategic because the government forces captured the international airport they can easily cut the supporting law in coming before her forces from the city of the south of tripoli on another front have to his forces that retreated as the government forces took control of the bridge on the southern part of tripoli military sources with the government say that the government warplanes targeted have those locations in several areas on the southern part of the city and meanwhile the interior minister of the government of national called. has blamed france for what he calls supporting the warlords have to overnight a poor have to play in targeted locations near the city center of tripoli killing get for one twenty or more than twent

we will protect the capital with our lives we will give our lives for tripoli. but after hours militias are equally determined to launch a decisive assault on the city it appears the strong man a general in the army of the former dictator muammar gaddafi wants to seize control of the whole country to protect the people he says and now the head of this campaign was specifically launched to defend civilians to defend the libyan people to defend our country's resources and for the dignity of libya. to mammon the international community is calling for a cease fire. i think the first message we need to pass united's. the full implementation of the my italian troops to allow the civilians and the wounded to be evacuated from. the city and to avoid any further military action and for the military escalation and the return to the political negotiations and the political track in tripoli civilians turned out to demonstrate against half the us advance the u.n. says nearly three thousand to have already fled the fighting has little sign of any letup in the hostilities many

tripoli. and on welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me and there's a problem also ahead hundreds of thousands of algerians continue to protest saying they want a complete change of heart. this is one of so many people. we meet a woman. still not prepared to forgive. right now there's a lot of negativity. and on the borderline a concern about donald trump's threat to close the mexico border. the united nations security council has told a libyan war to end his offensive to seize tripoli and emergency meeting was called off the honey began advancing south of the capital has been reported around tripoli international airport half says he wants to as he puts it liberate the city of tripoli has the u.n. support and. have captured one hundred of us troops. from tripoli. the prime minister of libya as you and bad to government face meeting the troops thirty kilometers west of tripoli i was in earlier fighters loyal to the warlords twenty four have attempted to enter tripoli bu

of tripoli. hundreds of thousands of algerians have rallied in the capital for the seventh week they are demanding more changes despite the resignation of longtime president of the lands these with a flicker the country's intelligence chief who is a close ally of the pfleger was reportedly fired on friday the u.s. state department is expected to name iran's revolutionary guard a foreign terrorist organization it would be the first time that washington has designated another country's military as a terrorist group cholera is surgeon in yemen with a number of suspected cases doubling in the past month at least three hundred people have died and more than seventy thousand cases have been recorded the u.n. fears that the latest outbreak could be as bad as one in twenty seventeen which killed more than three thousand people. the democrat controlled lower house of the u.s. congress is suing president trump's administration over has a merchants who declaration to get funds for his for posed wall along t

libya the forces are commanded by a warlord who's in a power struggle with the un backed government in tripoli the u.n. chief has been trying to head off for renewed civil war also coming up. in berlin thousands take to the streets to demand more affordable housing and a growing population and not enough accommodation being built for driving up ranching. and big game fever grips germany as legal leaders dortmund. prepare for their biggest tool in years the match could go a long way to deciding who finishes the season as champions. thanks for joining us. the united nations security council has called on militia forces closing in on the libyan capital tripoli to halt their advance but the militias commanded by a warlord called khalifa haftar have also suffered some losses inflicted by fighters for the un backed government while the u.n. special envoy to libya has said he is determined to go ahead with a planned national peace conference in a week's time there are now fears of a renewed civil war libya has been riven by violence and division since a long time dictator moammar gadhafi was overthro

reports now from tripoli. fighters loyal to the us and back tripoli government more trucks mounted with machine guns towards the libyan capital under orders to stop will have to advance on tripoli a lot of them there we call on those brainwashed and radicalized to lay down their arms we will not allow that you wanted to return to roll libya will be a civil state and our pledge will be to the homeland and god we announced the launch of the volcano of wrath in order to restore the seized areas. have there is assault began last week and so far his forces say they have seized some areas around the south of the capital i such a day these sand taking over the old age forty but were pushed out by forces loyal to the tripoli based government have to his forces have now increased their attacks opening new fronts in the south of tripoli. they unbagged government in the capital is urging civilians to leave as where there is fighting a natural is called by they and was ignored by all sides. have to this forces say the fig

people has been targets of two schools yesterday and i was over tripoli until july out of the tripoli where i'm going. so i think that's where there's a bit of major problem but it's also the system that provides for these this list of refugees and migrants looting it's the system the ministry of interior that is the fence that has people that are working on this jury are they should work on this they may have been consumed by a very unnecessary war that takes them away from there in the world they would normally do which is for all of the refugees also working against isis or well i do not need to see an uptick in the numbers were like a massacre given all of the security architecture infrastructure as we consume our office on this sort of war so it's it's a very very dangerous time given that may and june it is logical migration season begins and after al gore matty in london thanks so much. the new head of saddam's military council has promised a fresh start for the country following this week's he has vowed to quote approach the old regime and attendant general abdel fattah says a

tripoli. platers who died defending the libyan capital carriage to its main square. being killed in iraq just south of tripoli a crowd overwhelmed by grief as families mourn their dead not far from the prayers portraits on display of international leaders they blame for supporting the world. turns away from the city over thirty years out of tripoli they left to and have to those forces took control last month. is lamenting the fallen fighters he says they were brigade mates neighbors and life time friends. they were killed by half to war planes in all here area we just took up arms to defend our city and on our forces came a thousand kilometers to enter our city we didn't go to their ears the homeland is our cause it has taken lots of blood and souls we will return to carry on no matter what it takes. them and when tripoli but have to this forces went through. since april fourth they have been fighting forces loyal to the you recognize the government on the southern outskirts of tripoli. the w

leader in tripoli. is backed by qatar the united which is close to the muslim brotherhood so we have that dynamic going on as well on top of everything else. as for the military solution. the trip to libya not only does it have two governments there are some suggestions it has three because there's an additional government in tripoli which refuses to acknowledge the authorities of the other two are led by another somewhat islamist faction and that the it's called the government of national salvation so and then we have city states. which the only ones that could really intervene against have to are with me so i doubt for example about two hundred killed one hundred fifty kilometers east of tripoli and then brought out and the water to the west of tripoli to under the highway it goes to tunisia so the situation is extremely i don't see how some military action will be avoided. this is not nine hundred sixty nine when gadhafi led his coup. very peacefully taking over from the king who was absent and by th

in tripoli just get us right up to date what's the latest as of today. well appear to forces loyal to a deal and could notice the government have been progressing they have been gaining more ground on the count of have to the forces namely. confrontation axes and the south and southern west of the libyan capital tripoli military sources on the ground say that have to his forces it. strikes today were warplanes launched an air strikes that targeted the air so for the locations and it they say that the last eight fighters and twenty others were wanted in today's confrontations meanwhile the government forces manage it to take control over strategic locations in the venice city of the disused tripoli international airport on the southern outskirts of the capital tripoli military sources there there say that this is very strategic because they are trying to cut the supporting line of have to his forces that comes all the way from the city of south of tripoli at goes north all the way. to provide support to have to his forces positioned on the southern outski

they to tripoli is the advance still continuing. will for the year it's really confusingly overlapped in the southern outskirts of tripoli one of the brave factions of the warring factions are rapidly exchanging control over areas we're getting reports from pro-government military commanders say that have to us forces pulled out of areas around the tripoli international airport meanwhile the government forces are receiving new military units and detachment from civil cities in the west of the country including forces from the city of misrata as you know fully the military units in the west of libya are trying to reposition and unit again against have to the have been several in several areas in several locations during the last four years the had raven rees together but now with this war with this war launched by have told us forces to take over the capital tripoli they are saying that they are trying to reposition and they are trying to unite again to as they say defend the capital again and have to his forces also as their governm

tripoli. fighters loyal to the u.s. and back tripoli government to move trucks mounted with machine guns to does the libyan capital under orders to stop will have to advance on tripoli. we call on those brainwashed and radicalized to lay down their arms we will not allow that you wanted to return to roll libya will be a civil state and our pledge will be to the homeland and god we announced the launch of the volcano of wrath in order to restore the seized areas. have there is assault began last week and so far his forces say they have seized some areas around the capital. site of the day these sand the taking over the old a port but were pushed out by forces loyal to the tripoli based government have terrorist forces have now increased their attacks opening new fronts in the south of tripoli they unbagged government in the capital is urging civilians to leave word there is fighting and a truce called by they was ignored by all sides have to this forces say they are fighting terrorist to groups

of tripoli as well. the move this civil war will be revived start of from a new beginning here on the wall those of tripoli. cities that opposed to. i don't think that. by force they will. this this conflict of this national dispute instead of the two of the. that was the plan of mr sansa let me tell you and envoy right now they are replacing the they are forced by . the dialogue by military forces which will come up recedes do you do you think think general that. five times the advance his offensive on tripoli is going as planned i mean until now they had mostly are targeted open spaces but now we are in a city a populated city we're looking at urban warfare is is his plan on tripoli to march on tripoli going as planned and how difficult a conflict is it going to be once you know it blows up. more than ten ten days ago general fay for half the surprisingly at back. three poorly he could achieve more by using the surprise but now the surprise has ended when mr assad of the people i'm a slot on. the readi