| Description |
Fighting was reported in Ajilat and further west near Taweela, 110 kilometres west of Tripoli, as forces from Sabratha tried to attack a military meeting in Taweela. The meeting of a number of local tribal militias supporting the Libya National Army (LNA) was addressed by Omar Tantoush, the Warshefana military commander appointed by the LNAs the Tripoli Operations Room to take control of all checkpoints on the coast road east of the capital. The aim of the Sabratha units, the Dabashi and Ghrabli brigades, appears to have been to capture Tantoush and those at the meeting. There are reports that the Sabrathans were also supported by fighters from Ajilat, parts of which back the Libya Dawn alliance. 10 people killed in fighting since 17 October - 3 fatalities coded. |
