Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations has warned of “full-blown civil war” if the chaos and division in the North African country continue.
Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that he had always excluded civil war as a possibility “but the situation has changed.”
“The situation in Libya is complicated,” Dabbashi told the council.
“Yet the situation since the 13th of July has become even more complicated and the situation might unravel into a full-blown civil war if we’re not very careful and wise in our actions.”
Libya has been sliding deeper into chaos over the past weeks, with factions now backing rival prime ministers and assemblies, while the US says Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have carried out airstrikes against armed groups, a charge Cairo denies.
Fighters who want to bring in Islamic law seized Tripoli airport at the weekend, compounding the crisis in Libya that has been boiling since the fall of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011…
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