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2024-07-25 Africa North
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Libya: Families trapped as militias clash in western city of Zawiya
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[NEWARAB] Clashes broke out between gangs in Libya’s western city of Zawiya between gangs late on Tuesday, trapping families inside residential neighbourhoods, medical officials and activists said.
Videos and images shared online showed heavy gunfire being exchanged between fighters and streets empty streets due to combat. Activists also circulated video clips showing fearful civilians stuck inside their homes appealing to authorities for help.
The Libyan Red Islamic Thingy in Zawiya issued pleas for the fighting to "stop immediately", and for a truce so emergency teams can evacuate families stuck in affected areas.
"We hope that the security authorities will cooperate with us, as well as the involved parties in this conflict. The families are crying out for help and it is not their fault," the NGO said as cited by the Ottoman Turkish Anadolu agency.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat......
the Libyan Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency Services warned that "the entirety of Zawiya's coastal road is a source of danger to citizens". 
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