UNSC calls for ceasefire in Libya

The United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached one thousand.

According to a joint statement, the council condemned the attack late Tuesday on the Tajoura detention camp east of Tripoli and stressed the need for all parties to urgently de-escalate



the situation and to commit to a ceasefire.

Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces hold eastern Libya and much of the country's south, launched an offensive in early April to wrestle the capital from forces loyal to the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).