The Libyan National Army announced on Friday its capture of the al-Kassarat area south of the capital, Tripoli.
In a day of heavy clashes between the LNA and Government of National Accord, the army also declared that it had destroyed a militia weapons cache and detained three of its members.
It said its artillery units targeted pro-GNA militia positions, including locations from where rockets were being fired arbitrarily at civilian houses in al-Hira.
LNA jets carried out more than ten raids against several strategic targets, including militia weapons caches.
In addition, the military said it repelled an attack by pro-GNA militias in the al-Ramlah area, destroying several of their vehicles and arresting many of their members.
The GNA, meanwhile, accused the LNA of striking civilian areas in the Souk al-Jomaa area. It released photos of damage caused by three grad rockets that were allegedly fired by the army on Thursday night.
Politically, the fallout from the resignation of United Nations special envoy Ghassan Salame continued. His deputy, Stephanie Williams was appointed acting special envoy.
She took part in a meeting for the African Union Contact Group on Libya that was held in Congo on Thursday.
They discussed preparations for a planned reconciliation conference between the Libyan parties, which will be hosted by the AU.
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