Rival militias loyal to putschist general Khalifa Haftar collided on Thursday in the coastal town of Sirte for unknown reasons, military sources said.
At least one person was killed and four others were injured in clashes between militants from the Kaniyat Brigade, the 166th Brigade and the Versefane Brigade in Sirte, General Abdulhadi Dirah, spokesman for the Libyan army’s Sirte-Jufra Joint Operations Unit, told Anadolu Agency (AA). ).
On February 2 this year, a collision between pro-Haftar militias occurred in Sirte when the Tariq bin Ziyad brigade launched an attack on the Kaniyat brigade’s headquarters.
Haftar’s forces launched an offensive in April 2019 to try to capture Tripoli, but the campaign collapsed in June last year.
The warring factions reached a ceasefire in October that virtually ended the war and paved the way for UN-led political talks. These talks then led to the appointment of an interim government in February before the election later this year.
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