February 14, 2020 7:43 PM

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Fresh clashes in Libya despite UN ceasefire call

A day after a United Nations Security Council resolution called for a lasting ceasefire, rival forces have clashed in Tripoli, Libya, causing new civilian casualties in the grinding conflict. <br />'' <br />'' The resolution was the council's first since eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive last April to seize Tripoli. <br />'' <br />'' A new round of violence on the southern outskirts of Tripoli on Thursday left civilians dead and wounded.<br />''<br />'' Health Ministry Spokesman Amin al-Hachimi said, rockets struck residential neighbourhoods, killing a woman and wounding four other civilians.<br />''  <br />

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