UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Security Council he is deeply concerned by the battle for Tripoli and reports of fresh weapons supplies flowing into Libya, according to a report seen by AFP on Monday.

Libyan military strongman Khalifa Hifter’s westward offensive, which began last month, has dramatically heated up the Libyan civil war. In a statement issued today, European Union foreign ministers warned that the attack could further destabilize the country and said it threatens international peace.

Rome-based Center for International Studies Ce.SI has revealed that Saudi Arabia and Egypt are leading a cyber-war to support the attack of warlord Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli, in a research that targeted 735 thousand news contents between 1st and 14th April 2019.

Libya’s coast guard said it rescued nearly 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.

Retired general and commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar has admitted to sending Tunisian Daesh members back to their home country.

The UN Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, urging “both sides of the fighting” to lay down weapons and go back to the dialogue and political process. 

Libyan militia leader Khalifa Haftar visited Cairo on Thursday, the second time he has been in the Egyptian capital since launching an offensive on Tripoli.

Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has suspended the operations of 40 foreign companies, including France’s Total multinational oil concern.

Chairman of Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj and his delegation held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in London on Thursday over the current aggression on Libyan capital of Tripoli.

Chairman of the Presidential Council (PC), Fayez Al-Sarraj, said Wednesday that the countries supporting Haftar have been common knowledge for years and there is no need for elucidation.