Residents of Benghazi gathered to protest against Turkish support for the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) on Sunday.

Six people have  been killed and over 30 others have been wounded as two car bombs exploded at a funeral for a former special forces commander in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

UNSMIL head, Ghassan Salame‬⁩, met with Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar, at Hafter’s headquarters in Al-Rajmeh (eastern Libya) yesterday.

Gunmen attacked Benghazi Medical Centre on Wednesday causing material damage to its premises, including the operating theatre of the hospital.

Khalifa Haftar’s Dignity Operation command has issued a statement threatening to punish all journalists, media figures, activists and political analysts who oppose its offensive against Tripoli, describing them as “inciting hate and crime against the army forces and supporting terrorism.”

A military source said, on Friday, that two planes arrived in Benina airport in Benghazi from Abu-Dhabi carrying Emirati military officers to supervise the movements of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to support General Khalifa Haftar’s war against Tripoli.

In a joint statement issued yesterday by European Union Ambassadors following their visit to Benghazi, the ambassadors called for an end to the transitional stage through the holding of elections, supported UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame’s efforts including his National Conference to be held in April in Ghadames.

The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has denounced the escalation of statements uttered by “Madkhalists” in Benghazi after they had recently called the Libyan Public Scout and Girl Guide Movement as well as Sufis non-believers.

The three men from Al-Zawiya city who were detained in Saudi Arabia when returning from Umrah in 2017 and then sent to the eastern authorities under Khalifa Haftar have been released after social mediation among times from both regions. 

The Head of the UNSMIL Ghassan Salame has met with the commander of the self-styled army in eastern Libya Khalifa Haftar in Al-Rajma – near Benghazi – to discuss the current situation in Libya.