Libya expresses concern over slide into civil war
The Libyan Government on Wednesday expressed concern to the
United Nations Security Council over the possibility that the chaotic North
African state could descend into full-scale civil war, if heavily armed warring
factions were not disarmed.
According to Reuters new, the 15-nation council met to
discuss Libya
days after its parliament, which was replaced in an election in June,
reconvened and chose an Islamist-backed deputy as the new prime minister. That
left the country with two rival leaders and assemblies, each backed by armed
factions.
"The situation in Libya
is complicated," Libya 's
United Nations Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi told the council. "Yet the
situation since the 13th of July has become even more complicated and the
situation might unravel into a full-blown civil war if we're not very careful
and wise in our actions."
On July 13 heavy fighting broke out between rival militias
vying for control of Libya 's
main airport, killing at least seven people and forcing a halt of all flights
in the worst fighting in the capital for six months.
An election in June had been aimed at rebuilding state
institutions in an attempt to quell three years of spreading violence since the
ouster of long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
The recent fighting is part of growing turmoil in the North
African oil producer, where the government is unable to control battle-hardened
militias that helped to overthrow Gaddafi in 2011 but continue to defy state
authority.
"I had always excluded the possibility of civil war but
the situation has changed," Dabbashi said.
"In the past, security incidents were limited, isolated
and rare," he added. "But today the clashes that took place around
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