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Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations, Al-Dabashi, has accused the United Nations Security Council of “encouraging” by its inaction the massacres conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Sirte.
In an interview with the London-based Arabic paper Asharq Al-Awsat, al-Dabashi said the UN will not agree to arm Libyan forces before a national consensus government is formed.
Related: ISIL fighting armed residents of Sirte, Libya; Dozens beheaded and crucified, August 14, 2015.
The head of Libya’s internationally recognized government has asked the United Nations for immediate assistance against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in the city of Sirte.
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani called on the UN Security Council to intervene after ISIL massacred more than 70 youths, many under the age of 14, in Sirte, the birthplace of former Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
Late last week, Thani’s government asked Arab states to conduct air strikes against ISIL in Sirte.
The official government has been based in Tobruk in eastern Libya since losing control of the capital Tripoli a year ago to a rival group, Libyan Dawn, which set up its own administration.
Both governments have launched air strikes against ISIL in Sirte in recent days but their capabilities are limited as they rely on outdated warplanes and helicopters from the Gadhafi era.
ISIL, in a video released in March, said Libya would serve as a springboard for a European invasion.
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