The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Libyan commander and his militia, which rights groups accuse of detaining, torturing and killing civilians in the war-wracked country.

The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has allocated about 37 million US dollars to the Supreme National Electoral Commission in preparation for the upcoming elections in 2021.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told reporters at the Turkish parliament in the capital Ankara Tuesday that European Union’s Operation IRINI was stillborn, saying “it has lacked a solid basis in terms of international law since the beginning”.

Minister of Defence Salah El-Din Al-Namroush discussed on Sunday with the Spanish Ambassador to Libya Javier García-Larrache mechanisms to enhance cooperation between defense ministries of both countries.

Libyan news outlets reported that Saddam Haftar spent over 13 million Libyan dinars (what equates to nearly 10 million dollars) on gifts for poets that praised him and his tribe during his wedding which was held in the West of Ajdabiya city. 

Parties to the conflict in Libya held a formal meeting in Tangiers, Morocco, on Monday to unify the parliaments based in Tripoli and Tobruk. On Saturday, 75 deputies from Tripoli and Tobruk participated in a preliminary session.

France, Germany and Britain hinted yesterday that they will impose sanctions on any party that obstructs the political agreement between the two parties to the Libyan conflict.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced last night that the first virtual meeting of the second round of LPDF will be adjourned to Wednesday, Nov 25th, to give participants the chance to examine the options discussed on Monday’s meeting. 

Turkey on Monday said the German navy had conducted an “unauthorised” search on a Turkish-flagged vessel in a bid to enforce an arms embargo on Libya but only found humanitarian aid.

Fathi Bashagha, the Minister of the Interior for Libya’s internationally recognized Libyan government based in Tripoli announced that through an agreement with Airbus Libya “ will soon receive 10 modern and fully equipped helicopters.”