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Urgent aid arrives in Warshefana after days of fierce clashes
[Libya Herald] Supplies from the Libyan Red Islamic Thingy and the International Red Thingy have arrived at Warshefana's Zahra Hospital following days of brutal violence in the area which has led to the deaths of dozens of civilians and combatants.The Libyan Red Islamic Thingy and the ICRC said they had delivered enough supplies for up to 130 war-maimed as a temporary solution to the crisis. Military sources in Warshefana claimed that casualties from yesterday's fighting alone had been devastatingly high. They alleged that as many as 40 had been killed, most of them civilians, with at least 70 maimed who have receiving treatment at Zahra Hospital. The source confirmed that the hospital had been struggling to meet the pace of injuries with a shortage of medical supplies as a result of the effective siege on the town. The bombardment of grad missiles and shells by Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... forces on Warshefana continued into the night with reports of reinforcements arriving from Zawia and Janzour to join the onslaught. Libya Dawn positions were later hit by There were also unconfirmed reports that some Zawia residents had begun indiscriminately attacking civilians from Warshefana in retaliation for the capture of LROR leader and Zawia local Shaaban Hadia Al-Zawi, better known as Abu Obeida. The ICRC has been working with the Libyan Red Islamic Thingy to support Libyan hospitals, delivering medical supplies to health facilities in Mitiga, Zawia, Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , Zintan, Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Abyar and Marj. It temporarily moved its international staff to Tunis on 15 July. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-18 |
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