Libyans angry with the West as civil war looms

Displaced residents in the Libyan capital Tripoli have expressed their frustration with the West as a deadly military campaign continues in the country. Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar's campaign to take over control from the United Nations-backed government has resulted in the deaths of at least 213 people since early April.

Tripoli:Displaced residents in the Libyan capital Tripoli have expressed their frustration with the West as a deadly military campaign continues in the country.

Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar's campaign to take over control from the United Nations-backed government has resulted in the deaths of at least 213 people since early April.

The fighting by militias loyal to rival governments in Tripoli and in the country's east is threatening to trigger a civil war on the scale of the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The United Nations has estimated that almost 20-thousand-people are displaced from the ongoing conflict.

"Where is the international community? Who led Libya to this point and let us down? Where is the United Nations? They're not even issuing a resolution to protect civilians," a distressed displaced resident told British broadcaster Sky recently.

The North African nation has been struggling to make a democratic transition since the fall of Gaddafi's regime in 2011.