Damaged car is seen after fight between armed forces in Tripoli.
Libya announces ceasefire deal for capital
Clashes between rival militias which erupted on Tripoli's southern outskirts have left at least 117 dead and more than 25,000 displaced.
Wednesday 26/09/2018
Damaged car is seen after fight between armed forces in Tripoli.
TRIPOLI - Libya's internationally recognised government Wednesday announced a new ceasefire deal to end a month of fighting between rival militias south of Tripoli that has left more than 100 dead.
The agreement was signed by representatives of the capital and the town of Tarhuna, about 60 kilometres southeast of Tripoli, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The fighting in Tripoli first erupted when militias hailing from Tarhuna and Libya's third city Misrata attacked southern neighbourhoods of the capital and were met in battle by fighters from Tripoli loyal to the UN-backed government.
The deal ratified by interior minister Abdessalem Ashour calls for the rivals to implement a UN-brokered accord, signed on September 4, to form a joint security force of police from Tripoli and Tarhuna to patrol the capital's southern suburbs.
The Government of National Accord (GNA), in a statement, welcomed the halt to fighting that already took effect on Tuesday.
The clashes which erupted on the capital's southern outskirts on August 26 have left at least 117 dead and more than 400 injured, according to a fresh casualty toll issued by the GNA.
More than 25,000 people have been displaced by the violence.
The Libyan capital has been at the centre of a battle for influence between armed groups ever since dictator Moamer Kadhafi was ousted and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.