A withering bombardment shook Tripoli on Sunday as the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar fought overnight for new territory in the southern suburbs after losing ground recently around the city. Adding to the misery of Tripoli residents, the main water supplier to northwest Libya said armed men in the south had stormed one of its facilities, reducing supply. “My father said we should be ready to leave at any moment… the fighting last night was heavier than at any time before,” said a resident of Abu Salim district, near a frontline. “We would leave to survive, but where can we go?… we will be on the street. It’s hopeless,” the resident added by phone. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) has been trying to capture Tripoli for 13 months, but […]