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Tripoli’s worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported yesterday, as a truce took hold.

Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Centre said Wednesday.

TARHUNA, Libya — A photograph of Mourad Allafi hangs in the family farmhouse in western Libya three years after he was found in a mass grave. His father wants his killers dead.Mohamad Allafi believes the prison terms of six years to life handed down by a military court in February to 30 people convicted of murder are not enough.And relatives of the hundreds of others who were

New roads in the town are named after veterans to link them to the town's history.

A resident in Furnaj district said: 'We have heard gunfire for almost two hours now and we do not know what will happen. We fear for our safety.'

Gunfighting between the two leading armed groups in Tripoli killed two people and forced the closure of the Libyan capital's only civilian airport, officials said on Tuesday.

There were no immediate reports of any casualties from fighting in the war torn North African nation - Click the link for more details.

Fighting broke out late Monday (Aug. 14), between two of the most powerful armed groups in Tripoli, the 444 brigade and the Special Deterrence Force, according to local media The Health Ministry urged the warring sides to allow ambulance and emergency teams to enter the affected areas.

Plumes of smoke were seen in Tripoli and gunfire was heard in the suburb of Ain Zara before it spread to areas near the airport and Tripoli University.