Representatives of the Tripoli Protection Force and the Seventh Brigade reached on Monday a ceasefire deal to end the clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
The deal was possible through efforts exerted by Bani Walid city elders, led by Sheikh Mohammed al-Barghouthi.
The forces will withdraw from the capital, reopen roads, remove sand barricades and carry out a prisoner exchange.
Fighting between the armed groups erupted last week despite a truce deal four months ago that had halted deadly battles in the city.
Meanwhile, the Libyan National Army (LNA), headed by Khalifa Haftar, announced that it had killed two of the “most dangerous terrorists” during a “sophisticated operation” in eastern Derna city.
LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari identified the terrorists as Omar Jomaa al-Shaalali and Mohammed al-Tashani.
The army is currently waging an operation to eliminate terrorist threats in Derna.
Separately, UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame sent on Tuesday several reassurances to local authorities in order to contain the anger sparked over his briefing on the country before the Security Council last week.
He was widely criticized by LNA supporters for “deliberately overlooking the army’s role in combating terrorism”. The Barca MPs bloc in parliament accused the envoy of “disrespecting the victims of the Tripoli clashes and the LNA in the South for liberating it from terrorist groups.”
Clarifying his remarks on the South, Salame said that they led to many wrong interpretations. He stressed that the UN mission in Libya is unyielding in its determination to combat terrorism and protect civilians.
In Italy, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, stoking a war of words between Rome and Paris, said on Tuesday that France did not want to bring calm to Libya because its energy interests there clashed with those of Italy.
Relations between Italy and France, traditionally close allies, have grown frosty since the far-right League and anti-establishment 5-Star Movement formed a coalition last year and took aim at pro-EU French President Emmanuel Macron.
A source in Macron’s office dismissed the latest attack as “ludicrous”, while Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte sought to ease the escalating tensions, saying relations between the two countries remained strong despite a string of recent rows.
On Monday France summoned Italy’s ambassador after Salvini’s fellow deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, accused Paris of creating poverty in Africa and generating mass migration to Europe.
Salvini backed up Di Maio, saying France was looking to extract wealth from Africa rather than helping countries develop their own economies, and pointed particularly to Libya, which has been in turmoil since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 that overthrew longtime ruler Moammar al-Gaddafi.
