Libya faces new military escalation: armies for and against government fight near Tripoli

Libya remains mired in a deep crisis since the start of a confrontation in 2011 that would lead to the fall and death of Muammar Gaddafi. This time, the North African country is living a new military escalation after General Khalifa Haftar and his leader of the opposition launched a plan to take control of the capital by the government.

In this context, Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj's Air Force Government (GAN) bombings launched at the positions of Haftar's uniforms that leads the call Libyan National Army.

The attacks occurred relatively close to Tripoli and according to the mission of special observation in Libya "There were no deaths or injuries."

In the midst of the new war crisis in Libya, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RussiaSergey Lavrov, during a visit to Cairo, asked parties at war in Libya return to the dialogue table.

The two-day Lavrov visit to Cairo is centered on the Libya crisissaid the Egyptian news agency Mena, citing a "Russian diplomatic source".

Egypt, like Russia, is supporter of General Haftar attacking Tripoli, where Prime Minister Al Sarraj is installed.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres also spoke about the situation. "My goals remain the same: to avoid a military confrontation", he wrote on Twitter and pointed out that the only solution for The crisis in Libya is political.

Libya is a nation divided into two factionsone is supported by the West and has its seat in Tripoli; the other, that of Commander Haftar, is supported by Russia and Egypt and controls most of the national territory formed by gigantic deserts. In addition to these two factions, there is a third group of small armed groups fighting for territorial control in the south.