Libya’s UN-backed government says 21 people have been killed and 27 wounded in fighting near the capital, Tripoli.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called for an immediate halt to the fighting and called for talks.
BBC: Libya crisis – Fighting near Tripoli leaves 21 dead
A local militiaman, belonging to a group opposed to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, stands on an armoured vehicle the group said they seized from Haftar's forces at one of their bases in the coastal town of Zawiya, west of Tripoli on April 5, 2019, hours after Haftar's froces were pushed back from a key checkpoint less than 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Tripoli, according to security source said.
