The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, told Al Jazeera in an interview on Tuesday – to be aired Wednesday – that the Government of National Unity is not coordinating with Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, but rather it’s coordinating with police apparatuses and the mayor of Benghazi.

Italy has reopened its consulate in Benghazi and appointed Carl Batori as Consul General, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio confirmed.

After stopping him visiting the eastern city of Benghazi, forces loyal to rogue General Khalifa Haftar say that Libyan interim prime Minister Abdul Rahman Dbeibah has ‘no authority’ over them.

Libya’s Prime minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba vowed yesterday to visit Benghazi soon and that he would not let ”minor impediments” stop him and his government. The pledge came during a cabinet meeting during which he read out his government’s achievements in its short time in office.

Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar issued a statement regarding the meeting of the Government of National Unity that had been scheduled to take place in Benghazi over the past three days but was canceled due to the delegation being stopped upon arrival and forced to return.

Military courts in eastern Libya have sentenced at least 22 people to death and imprisoned hundreds more in “sham, torture-tainted” trials, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday.

PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s trip to Benghazi planned for Monday called off after gunmen stop delegation at the airport.

This week, the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) Minister of Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdurrahman received her duties as minister from the Minister of Justice of the Interim Government of the city of Benghazi, officially anointing her Libya’s minister of justice.

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio reiterated Italy’s intention to support Libya in its transitional stage and necessary procedures needed to achieve fair and honest national elections later this year. 

The Military Prosecutor of Khalifa Haftar’s General Command, Faraj Al-Sosaa, dismissed the Head of Military Prosecution, Colonel Ali Madi, from his position after he had described the assassinated killer, Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, who was wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, as “partially mentally ill‘.