Following the decision of the Ministry of Interior of the expired Government, the former Director of Security of the City of Gharyan, Khaled Mallatam, was dismissed and Al-Arabi was appointed in his place, supported by the "General of Gharyan" militia led by Nasser Eshtaybah

There was a row between militias, and militants stormed the headquarters of the Gharyan Security Directorate in Libya, in the wake of a power struggle between militias in the city 75 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli.

A group affiliated with Abdul Khaliq al-Daykh and another of al-Ghasari's militia attacked the Directorate during the presence of the newly appointed Director of Security, Khaled al-Arabi, of the Government's Ministry of the Interior, ending the mandate, resulting in the injury of a member of the Directorate

On September 5, unidentified persons closed the headquarters of the Directorate by placing "earthwaters" on the gate, writing "closed by the municipal council, the eyes and wise, civil society institutions and the city's military force".

A number of people, who said they represented the components of the city, came out in a video in which they attacked the end-of-term government's interior and promised a "general strike" if the decision to change the director of security was not reversed.

These events caused panic and panic among civilians in the city, with activists posting on the media, blogs about the matter, as well as reports suggesting that conflicts could escalate, raising fears that their fate would be like what was happening in the capital Tripoli and its scope.

Tripoli also witnessed a bizarre incident, when gunmen fired into the air in the midst of a crowd of residents who gathered at a carpet shop, which made substantial cuts, where, according to sources, the launcher was not known, but the incident reflected the huge chaos in the Libyan west.

That day resulted in "total chaos in the western region, and hundreds of different and struggling actors, both for influence and for power".