The Government of National Accord (GNA) announced Friday taking over Tarhouna, 90 kilometers southeast of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the last western stronghold of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
"Our heroic forces have extended their control over the whole of Tarhouna," said GNA spokesman Mohamad Gnounou.
The GNA said Thursday that its forces regained control of all of Tripoli's entrance and exit points after taking back the airport.
GNA head Fayez al-Sarraj vowed that his government would impose its control over the whole of Libya.
"Our fight continues,” said Sarraj who is backed by Turkey.
Late Thursday, LNA chief Khalifa Haftar's spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari confirmed his forces' "redeployment" away from the capital after more than a year of sometimes intense fighting.
He said the redeployment was a "humanitarian gesture intended to spare the Libyan people further bloodshed".
US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland expressed hope that the intensified diplomatic activity and the case-fire talks, announced this week by the UN, could help the sides reach an agreement.
“What makes it different now is that the escalation is in such a dangerous stage that cooler heads can and should prevail,” he told reporters on Thursday.
