Yesterday night, Libyan citizens of Tripoli were out in the streets protesting against the the Government of National Unity and chanting the historic revolutionary chant: Al-shab yurid isqat an-nizam (the people want to remove the regime). Some civilians were shot in the protests. Civilians demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and protested against the armed factions saying that they only want a regular police and a regular army.
Tripoli is controlled by various armed factions which have clan-based and regional loyalties. Clashes broke out earlier this week in the Libyan capital after an armed-faction allegedly assassinated a leader of a pro-government armed faction. The government retaliated by clamping down on the Rada-armed faction leading to clashes in the city between the Rada and the 444 Brigade that is loyal to the GNU.
A ceasefire was announced yesterday night but was short-lived as clashes renewed. The pro-government 444 Brigade is reportedly taking losses from the antigovernment armed factions. Fighting in the Abu Salim area, Tripoli Zoo, and at the military locations of the 444 Brigade were reported.
The armed-group called “Rada Special Deterrence Forces” that is fighting the government is lead by Abdulraouf Kara.
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