TRIPOLI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A Libyan armed group, named the Seventh Brigade, on Tuesday warned the UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj against "military escalation" in south of the capital Tripoli.

The group has been committed to the truce during the past months and working in accordance with the security arrangements of the government, said a statement by the group's spokesman Sa'd al-Hemmali.

The spokesman called on Serraj to "restrain armed militias and force them to implement the agreed security arrangements."

In August 2018, violent clashes broke out in southern Tripoli between forces allied with the government and the Seventh Brigade militia, killing 117 people and injuring more than 500 others, mostly civilians.

The clashes ended with the warring parties signing a UN-sponsored cease-fire agreement, after which the government approved new security arrangements in Tripoli that focus on replacing armed groups with regular police and security forces.

Following the 2011 uprising that toppled former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the country has been suffering escalating violence and chaos, as well as political division. Enditem

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