Ten people have been killed in the latest round of fighting between rival militias in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. In a statement Saturday, the medical authorities said 59 people were also wounded when fighting erupted the previous day, taking the death toll to 106 since armed conflict first began there late last month. They said a total of 18 people remain missing from the fighting that originally erupted on August 26. The Government of National Accord of Fayez al-Sarraj called on the UN to take "concrete and effective" action to protect civilians and halt the fighting. In a statement late Friday, the GNA called on the UN mission to "present the Security Council with the reality of the bloody events in Libya so that it can... protect the lives and property of civilians". Despite a ceasefire deal reached on September 4, renewed fighting erupted this week, especially in the Salaheddin neighborhood and on the road to Tripolis disused international airport, which was destroyed in 2014. The feuding militias come mostly from Libyas third city Misrata and the town of Tarhouna southeast of the capital. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was "alarmed by the increasing number of violations of the ceasefire agreement", his spokesman said on Friday. Guterres called on the militias to respect the truce and to "refrain from any actions that would increase the suffering of the civilian population". Those responsible for "the violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law must be held responsible", he said.
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