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At least 264 people have been killed and over 1,200 wounded in weeks of fighting on the outskirts of Libya's capital, the World Health Organization said Tuesday

Fighting in Tripoli's southern suburbs has so far displaced at least 35,000 people, UN humanitarian coordinator for Libya Maria do Valle Ribeiro said Monday.

The two sides have reached a near stalemate since armed groups backing the GNA launched their counter-attack on Saturday. The International Organization for Migration's Libya office voiced concern Tuesday over"unacceptable and extremely worrying developments" at a detention centre for migrants in Qasr ben-Ghachir.

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