By Ajnadin Mustafa.
Tripoli, 29 July 2015:
The Libyan National Army’s (LNA’s) Support Forces in the west of Tripoli have claimed that Misratan . . .[restrict]commander Salah Badi is gathering fighters near the Mellitah oil and gas complex, near Zuwara, and is preparing to attack Al-Jmail, Ajilat and Rigdaleen.
The three towns back the LNA and the House of Representatives. Zuwara is sympathetic to Libya Dawn.
In a statement today, Wednesday, the Support Forces said that an imminent attack was expected by the Samoud (Steadfastness) Front.
It was set up last month by Badi after two of of the largest Misratan brigades in the Libya Dawn alliance made peace deals with local forces in the area west of the capital and pulled out.
Twenty armed vehicles bearing Samoud Front logos are said to have arrived outside the Mellitah complex.
The Support Forces are the autonomous local militias, such as from Zintan and the Warshefana, which are supported and directed by the LNA.
The announcement follows protests last night in the area at the death sentences on Saif Al-Islam, Abdullah Senussi and other Qaddafi regime figures by a court in Tripoli.
The road between Al-Jmail and Zuwara was blocked with a sand barrier. [/restrict]
