On March 31, the residence of the Prime Minister of Libya, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, was shelled with anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades. no one was hurt. One of the country’s ministers, whose name has not been mentioned, told Reuters about this.
The minister said that the attack caused only material damages.
Two citizens reported that they heard loud explosions in one of the wealthy districts of Tripoli, where the prime minister’s residence is located. After the explosions, according to one of the witnesses, a large number of security forces were deployed in the area.
Libya has two governments that do not recognize each other. The first one, supported by the United Nations and led by Dbeiba, operates in Tripoli. The second, empowered by the House of Representatives, is located in Benghazi. it is directed by Osama Hamad.
in 2011 After the overthrow and murder of the leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, that country ceased to function as a unified state. Over the past few years, there has been a standoff between Tripoli in the west of the country and the authorities in the east, supported by the Libyan National Army under the command of Marshal Khalifa Haftar. in 2021 The Libyan Forum for Political Dialogue in Geneva, under the auspices of the United Nations, has elected a transitional executive until general elections, which have not yet been held.
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