The UN has called for an "urgent" humanitarian truce in Libya in the face of escalating tensions between the two factions vying for power

UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) launches "urgent appeal" Sundayhumanitarian truce of two hours in the southern suburbs of Tripoli to allow the evacuation of wounded and civiliansAfter Marshal Khalifa Haftar announced Thursday an offensive on the capital.

"UNSMIL is asking all parties in the Wadi Rabi area, Kayekh, Gasr Ben Ghashir and Al Aziziya to respect a humanitarian truce from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm). to allow the safe evacuation of wounded and civilians by the Libyan Red Crescent rescue teams ", he said in a brief statement.

The request was made on the same day that the forces of Haftar, leader in the east of the country and chief town in Tobruk, claimed having carried out an aerial bombardment on the forces of the Government of National Unity (GNA), who governs in the west of the country with the support of the UN and headquarters in Tripoli.

The announcement of the first aerial bombings of the Libyan National Army (ENL) fWe have posted on the Facebook page of the "media office" of this self-proclaimed force led by Marshal Haftar.

Almost simultaneously, the new spokesman of the GNA forces, Colonel Mohamad Gnunu, proclaimed the beginning of a "counter-offensive" in response.

This operation, called "Volcano of anger ", must allow "to clean all cities of the aggressors and illegitimate forces," said the spokesman to reporters in Tripoli, the day after his appointment.

The ENL, which controls eastern Libya and much of the country's south, also announced Thursday via Facebook the launch of an badault on Tripoli, the Libyan capital and headquarters of the GNA .

In a speech delivered Saturday night, the leader of the GNA, recognized by the international community, Fayez al Sarraj,He warned against the possibility of a "war without winners" in Libya.

The oil country of North Africa is in a state of chaos and civil war since 2011, when an uprising led to the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was later murdered.

This first civil war lasted eight months and ended with the government of the National Transitional Council, but in 2014, hostilities resumed between the electrograinist group and the government group, while a faction of the group terrorist Islam States States (ISIS) was developing in desert areas. enjoy the conflict.