Five months into the LNA's offensive on the Libyan capital no side seems close to victory, despite heavy foreign backing

Despite signs that violence in Tripoli is stabilising, the city has still lost dozens of civilians in the last two months of fighting alone.

The ongoing conflict in Tripoli and its surrounding areas has caused at least 39 civilian deaths, and claimed over 600 lives in total since 4th April.

The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Libya's capital, Tripoli, due to the armed conflict that started in April between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord (GNA).

As the Syrian refugee population stretches resources in city's such as Lebanon's Tripoli, young people are coming to grips with a bleak future.

Joining the crisis in Tripoli on the side of the UN-backed Presidential Council have been groups such as the Benghazi Defence Brigades, designated by the US and the UK as a terrorist organisation, and the militia run by Misratan radical Salah Badi.

Khalifa Haftar wants to use his control over oil resources to remind the UN-backed government he can stop oil exports should his LNA forces not win on the Tripoli battlefield.

Forces backing Libya's internationally recognised government appear to be gaining ground after house-to-house battles with troops loyal Haftar in southern parts of Tripoli.

As many as 16,000 people have fled Libya's capital, Tripoli, as fighting commences on the outskirts of the city as the LNA continues to attempt an advance.

Libyan National Army (LNA) controls key camps near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after violent clashes and fierce battles.

Troops allied to the Tripoli government moved more vehicles from the western city of Misrata to defend the capital. Since Qaddafi’s downfall, the country has been divided between the UN-backed government in Tripoli and the parallel administration allied to Haftar

Tensions rise as renegade General Khalifa Haftar orders his forces to move on Libyan capital Tripoli in a 'victorious march'.

In audio recording posted online, the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar ordered his forces to move towards the capital, Tripoli, in a 'victorious march'.

The movement of forces loyal to rival governments across western Libya throws Tripoli back under the spotlight as the potential focus of the country's next civil conflict.

Clashes in Tripoli have ended, for now, but who were the main actors in the recent fighting in the Libyan capital?

After violent clashes rocked Tripoli, Libyan officials are calling on the United Nations to assume a military role to mediate between rival militias.