The Khalifa Hafter Al Karama (Dignity) Operations Room announced that the military units of the Derna Omar Mukhtar Operations Room and the supporting force “eliminated” what it referred to as the “terrorist” Omar Juma al-Shallali and the “terrorist” Mohammed al-Tashani.

Despite a large number of IDPs having returned home to Derna in the last six months, approximately 1,200 families continue to be displaced in several areas of Libya, including 600 families within the city, a UNHCR overview reported yesterday.

Increasing hostilities in the oil-rich city of Derna are becoming an increasing source of concern said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya on Friday, following an intensification in fighting which has resulted in “substantial civilian casualties”.

Violent clashes are still ongoing in Al-Sooq in Derna’s downtown days after attacks by Derna Protection Force on Khalifa Haftar’s forces, a source from Haftar’s self-style army has reported.

Municipalities from eastern Libya and members of the Benghazi Association held on Tuesday in Tripoli a press conference to call on the United Nations to take action regarding the crimes committed in Benghazi before the kickoff of Dignity Operation in 2014 and afterwards.

Houses and different properties of Derna residents have been seized by militia fighters under the command of Khalifa Haftar, sources close to Haftar’s self-styled army reported.

The education official in the city of Derna Mansour Omar has issued a circular to schools to suspend classes until December 2.

The general command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) handed the family of militant Omar Rifai Sorour over to Egyptian authorities two days ago, according to a Libyan military source, who added that the move was done in complete secrecy.

Following his recent capture, a confession by Egyptian militant leader Hesham Ashmawy led to the Thursday discovery of a mass grave in a suburban area of Derna that contains the bodies of several key Al-Qaeda figures, according to a source in the Libyan Center for Judicial Experience.

Less than a week after he was arrested in Libya, Hisham al-Ashmawy – one of Egypt’s most wanted terrorists – has admitted to knowing the number of terrorists still fighting in central and eastern Libya, along with their locations.