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Commander of the Sirte Al-Jufra Operations Room, Brigadier General Ibrahim Bait Al-Mal, confirmed in a press statement that they had monitored about eight buses and two military vehicles moving from Al-Qardabiya Base in Sirte towards the east.

“The city of Sirte is ready to host the House of Representatives (HoR) planed session to grant a vote of confidence for the Government of National Unity (GNU),” the 5+5 joint military committee confirmed on Sunday.

At least 15 people drowned when their boat capsized off Libya, the second shipwreck in just more than a week involving people undertaking a dangerous sea journey in the hope of seeking a better life in Europe.

The Military Prosecutor issued on Saturday an internal arrest warrant against 3028 individuals connected to the so-called ‘9th Brigade’, also known as the ‘Kaniyat.’

At least three participants in UN-led Libya peace talks were bribed for votes, experts from the world body found in a report for the Security Council seen by AFP Sunday.

Kremlin-friendly Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list with a reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to his arrest in connection with alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Head of the military delegation of the Government of National Accord’s Libyan Army at the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, Ahmed Abu Shahma, said Sirte was still under the control of foreign forces and mercenaries.

The speaker of Libya’s eastern-based parliament has announced that the chamber will hold a special session on March 8 to discuss holding a vote of confidence on a new unity government.

The CIA secretly arranged a call between former US President Donald Trump and Libya’s Khalifa Haftar as the eastern commander launched an assault on the capital Tripoli in 2019, the Washington Post reported.

A senior UN diplomat in Libya told the Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on Friday that there are about 20,000 mercenaries in Libya.