Warlord Khalifa Haftar is doing whatever it takes to have control of more territories in the country. His militants have been besieging Derna for more than a year, cutting food, fuel and medical supplies. They use all kinds of weapons to shell the city as they try to advance closer …

The United Nations has said it is “appalled” by apparent retaliatory killings in Libya following reports of eight bodies found in the eastern cities of Benghazi and Derna.

Fighting today between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the local mujahideen forces east of Derna is reported to have left one LNA soldier dead and another wounded.

An ISIS suicide bomber blew himself up in central Derna on Sunday after a chase by the Security Committee of Derna Shura Council.

The New Arab has revealed that a number of Egyptian military officers had arrived in Derna’s Lemlodeh military base along with the officers of the forces led by Khalifa Haftar – the commander of the self-styled army in east Libya – in preparation of an upcoming attack on Derna.

An Islamic State (IS) militant who was involved in the beheading in Derna of a Libyan National Army (LNA) soldier in 2015 has been captured in an LNA undercover operation in the town, it has been revealed.

A source from the city of Derna said that about 13 soldiers affiliated with the Dignity Operation that led by General Khalifa Haftar had withdrawn from sites that blockading Derna to the city of Tobruk.

Human Rights Watch has called for warring factions in Libya to investigate the deaths of civilians after unidentified aircraft attacked the eastern city of Derna, killing 16 people and critically wounding four children.

France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States have condemned the October 30 airstrikes on Derna, which killed at least fifteen civilians, including twelve women and children, and injured many others.

The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj held a meeting Tuesday morning in Tripoli to review the aftermath of the airstrikes on Derna.