Russia called for calm on all sides in the Libya conflict after 32 people were killed in fighting with strongman Khalifa Haftar's troops near Tripoli. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was calling "on all sides to reject actions that could provoke bloodshed in battle and the deaths of civilians".

Russia calls for calm on 'all sides' in Libya conflict

At least 32 people have been killed and around 50 wounded in fighting with strongman Khalifa Haftar's troops near Tripoli, the UN-backed government said. Health minister A'hmid Omar gave the updated death toll in an interview with Libya's Al-Ahrar television station late Sunday.

Libya clashes death toll rises to 32, nearly 50 injured: Government

The conflict shaking Libya escalated Sunday as forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an air strike on a suburb of Tripoli and the UN-backed government vowed a major counteroffensive.

Escalating Libya conflict prompts international alarm

Gunfire and explosions rocked Libya's foreign ministry on Tuesday as attackers stormed the building in the capital Tripoli, killing at least three people. A car bomb exploded in front of the ministry, after which "three or four assailants" entered, the source told AFP from the scene.

Watch: Attackers hit Libya foreign ministry in Tripoli; 3 dead

Libya grapples with internal conflict after the 2011 uprising

Libyan airstrikes target 'terrorist sites' near Misrata city

The airport had come under attack when the government forces had clashed with rival forces, loyal to 'salvation government', after the latter made a bid to capture the airport

Tripoli airport clash leaves 20 dead, 60 injured

The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade claimed?Seif al-Islam was freed? under an amnesty law promulgated by the parliament based in the east

Libyan group claims to have freed Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam

Monday's action comes after a US strike targeted an IS training camp in a rural area near Sabratha, outside Tripoli, in February

US launches first anti-IS air strikes in Libya's Sirte

Over 100 government fighters have been killed and more than 500 injured since the campaign to recapture the city began in early May

Libyan forces claim Sirte port from Islamic State

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