'Defenceless migrants were reportedly subject to random shooting and several of them were seriously injured.'
In a statement, they said they had seized strategic positions"cutting the road between Gharyan and Haftar's forces in the outer districts of Tripoli".
Valle Ribeiro said civilians were being displaced every day, while some had been trapped by fire including"heavy artillery and... shelling in some densely populated parts of the city". The AU's Libya"troika", which includes Sisi and his Rwandan and South African counterparts, urged"all parties to act with restraint" and to facilitate"the delivery of humanitarian aid".The military commander also spoke by telephone to President Donald Trump last week, in an implicit sign of US support that undercut international calls for restraint on all sides.
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