08/04/2019 17:06
Libya crisis: UN says thousands fleeing clashes
At least 2,800 people have fled from the fighting near Libya's capital, Tripoli, according to the UN.
Other civilians are trapped by the clashes and are cut off from vital emergency services, it says.
Forces under Gen Khalifa Haftar began an attack on the city last Thursday with the aim of wresting it from Libya's UN-backed government.
Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj has accused Gen Haftar of attempting a coup and says rebels will be met with force.
The government says 32 of its fighters have been killed in the fighting while Gen Haftar's forces say they lost at least 14 fighters.
A Red Crescent doctor was killed on Saturday.