The spokesman for the Omar al-Mukhtar Operations Room of the self-proclaimed army of Khalifa Haftar, Abdelkarim Sabra, said they are about to liberate Derna in east Libya from what he described as terrorism, adding that their forces will continue military actions throughout all of Libya.

U.S. Africa Command (Africom) said it conducted on Wednesday “a precision airstrike” near Bani Walid town killing four “ISIS militants.”

The Secretary-General of the Arab European Center for Human Rights and International Law (AECHRIL), Dr. Ramadan Benzeer has told Libyan Express that they were happy to see the cities of Tawergha and Misurata reconcile and bring an end to their dispute that lasted seven years.

After seven years of dispute, Misrata and Tawergha signed an agreement of peaceful coexistence and reconciliation that allows displaced Tawerghans to return to their city, from which they were driven out in 2011.

The Libyan cities of Misurata and Tawergha have signed a historic reconciliation charter that will oversee the return of the stranded Tawerghan IDPs return to their city after over seven years of displacement. 

A reliable source told Libyan Express on Saturday that the delegation of Misurata city has rejected attending the upcoming international conference on May 29 in Pairs that France said would aim to break Libyan political stalemate. 

Over 100 migrants and refugees held captive by human traffickers were shot at while escaping from a clandestine prison in northwestern Libya and there were numerous deaths and injuries, Doctors Without Borders said on Friday.

At least 20 illegal immigrants were wounded on Wednesday in Bani Walid town, 170 southwest of Tripoli, after escaping from a hiding location.

Misrata airport was abruptly shut down yesterday after a group of militias stormed the airport’s customs office and stole about two million euros.

Libya yesterday informed Egypt that it will return the bodies of 20 Christians who were killed in 2015 by Daesh in Sirte, a Libyan security official said.