Germany makes plea for Libya ceasefire as fighting intensifies
Amina Taylor
PRESS TV, London
The people of Libya do not just have a global pandemic to battle. Since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011, the country has been in the grips of a deadly power play between forces both internal and external with the country essentially split between the GNA based in Tripoli and military strongman Hafter’s forces from the east of the country.
Despite the UN’s Security Council passing a resolution in February of this year calling for a lasting ceasefire, it seems none of the main actors have adhered to this, prompting Germany to issue its latest plea after reports circulated of Russian fighter jets joining the conflict.
Russia were quick to dismiss the reports with the country’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov joining Germany in calling for an immediate ceasefire and adding military solutions to the conflict had no future.
The fighting on the ground has intensified with forces aligned with the Government of National Accord (GNA), announcing the seizure of a key air base formerly held by forces loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA).
With extensive Turkish backing, the GNA has been able to push Haftar back from his foothold in southern Tripoli though this was not highlighted when the army outlined its gains.
Haftar’s rebels backed primarily by Egypt, UAE, and Jordan have been locked in a bitter military struggle with the administration of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, but with so much still at stake, both sides are blaming the other for the continuing conflict and mounting death toll.
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