By Ajnadin Mustafa.
Tripoli, 19 October 2015:
Continued clashes today west of Sabratha between fighters from the town and forces linked to the . . .[restrict]Libyan National Army (LNA) resulted in residents in Ras Yusuf fleeing their homes because of missiles landing in the area.
Ras Yusuf is located between Sabratha and Ajilat.
Fighting in the area started two days ago when Libya Dawn units, mainly from Sabratha but backed by some forces from Ajilat, attempted to move towards Taweela, some 110 kilometres west of Tripoli. A major military meeting of LNA-supp0rted forces was taking place there.
However, this evening it was reported that the Libya Dawn fighters had stopped their offensive and pulled back to Sabratha. There have also been reports that Sabratha itself was being shelled.
Meanwhile Zintan Military Council has now followed the LNA’s Tripoli Operations Room in distancing itself from the Taweela meeting and the fighting. In a statement, it said that it could not accept any link with Qaddafi supporters.
A number of those present at the Taweela meeting had been chanting Qaddafi-era slogans.
In a similar statement yesterday, the Tripoli Opertions Room, which is based in Zintan, said that those involved in the fighting were acting independently and did not represent it. [/restrict]
