Sept 8,2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Libyan
capital Tripoli has witnessed bloody clashes in the past few days.
These
clashes gave insights into the crisis suffered by Libya. They also revealed
control by terrorist militias on the Libyan scene.
In a way, this control stands behind the failure of Libyan institutions to impose security and stability in this country.
Nightmare
The
aforementioned clashes confirm that terrorist groups have become a nightmare
for the Libyan people because of the frequent violent incidents between them,
especially in the light of foreign intervention and the presence of
mercenaries.
All these
factors have become an obstacle to ending the violence, finding political
solutions and moving forward towards the implementation of the roadmap.
They also
make the situation and the future of Libya uncertain, in general.
International
relations specialist, Gamal Abdel Hamid, said violent confrontations and
clashes taking place in Libya would restore the international and regional
momentum of the Libyan file.
“This will
open the door for new arrangements to prevent the country from sliding into a
new civil war,” he told The Reference.
“This is
especially true with the recent clashes leaving hundreds of people dead and
injured behind,” he added.
He
explained that the clashes in Tripoli had raised international and regional
concern.
This, he
said, was why the UN mission to Libya took the initiative to call for an
immediate cessation of violence and an end to violent clashes between parties
to the conflict.
He added
that the embassies of the US, Britain and France in Tripoli demanded an
immediate suspension of the clashes.
“They also
called for preserving the gains of the past period and the state’s stability,”
Abdel Hamid said.
He stressed
that these clashes are not the first between the two parties.
“They will
not be the last either,” he warned.
Abdel Hamid
referred to previous confrontations between the same parties, the latest of
which was in May 2023 when the Deterrence Service arrested one of the leaders
of Brigade 444.
He said
these clashes were the most violent since the beginning of 2023.
Armed
elements, he said, used heavy and medium weapons, something that refutes
remarks made by Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government Abdul
Hamid Dbeibeh about his ability to extend his control over the Libyan scene.
“These
confrontations also revealed the fragility of Libya’s stability,” Abdel Hamid
said.
Al bawaba EG