A ceasefire in Libya initiated by Turkey and Russia saw a lull in heavy fighting...
TRIPOLI - A ceasefire in Libya initiated by Turkey and Russia saw a lull in heavy fighting and air strikes on Sunday, though both warring factions accused each other of violating the truce as skirmishes continued around the capital Tripoli.
In the latest international attempt to stem the violence, the Turkish and Russian presidents had called for the ceasefire to start on Sunday, more than nine months into an offensive on Tripoli by the Libyan National Army led by commander Khalifa Haftar. There were no reports of drone or fighter jet strikes, which have been common in recent weeks as fighting around Tripoli escalated and the LNA took Sirte, a strategically important city midway along Libya’s coastline.
The GNA said that despite gunfire in the Salaheddin and Wadi Rabea areas “minutes” after the ceasefire was meant to start at 0001 a.m. on Sunday , and violations by “the aggressor militias”, it renewed its commitment to the ceasefire. Emadeddin Badi, a policy fellow at the European University Institute, said that while there were “elements within both sides that don’t want a ceasefire”, the lull in air strikes on Sunday “highlights that Turkey and Russia jointly can influence the level of internationalization of this conflict”.
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