A local radio presenter in Al-Jufra has been arrested by security forces after taking part in a protest in the central Libyan region.

Six journalists were released this evening after being arrested by the Libyan National Army in Hun yesterday morning.

The radical group of ISIS has released new video footage that shows its militants setting up a checkpoint in central Libya.

A military delegation of Khalifa Haftar-led Dignity Operation visited Hun and Sokna towns to contain the tension after the killing of a young man from Jufra by Dignity Operation fighters.

Militants loyal to the renegade General Khalifa Haftar and those with Daesh have attacked Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous fighters simultaneously, it has been reported. The attacks on forces loyal to the UN-backed government took place to the east of Sirte on Friday.

Libyan National Army (LNA) units moved into the Jufra airbase this morning after it had been abandoned first by the 13th Brigade (formerly the Third Force) and then by the Benghazi Defence Brigades.

Clashes in Hun town in Jufra city between forces led by Khalifa Haftar and locals from Hun backed by forces from Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) have left over a dozen killed before Operation Dignity seized the city.

Sudanese Army officials announced that they deployed forces on the triangle border crossing between Sudan, Libya and Egypt.

Units belonging of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have entered the town of Waddan in Jufra amid fierce fighting. Latest reports say that they have taken it. The nearby town of Sukna is also said to have been taken by the LNA, although this has not been confirmed.

In a surprise move, General Mohamed Ben Nayel has resigned as commander of the Libyan National Army’s 12th Battalion.