The brother of the member of the Libyan High Council of State (HCS) Mustafa Al-Treki has told local media that HCS member is now released after being abducted on Tuesday in Al-Matrad in western Al-Zawiya city.

The High Council of State (HCS) in Libya has issued a statement condemning the abduction of its member Mustafa Al-Treki from in front of his house in Matrad area in west of Al-Zawiya city by “masked” gunmen loyal to Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) said that an armed group stormed last night Zawiya power station and opened fire in the sixth gas unit.

Sources from the Government of National Accord (GNA) confirmed that the Libyan Air Force carried out about 8 airstrikes on positions for Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Tripoli Airport Road, Qasir Benghashir and near Gharyan as well as in Sooq Al-Khamis. 

Coast Guard Commander, Rida Issa, said that a patrol of Zawiya Coast Guard has intercepted two rubber boats belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces, saying that any attempted sea attack on the western region will be a suicide.

A source from the western military zone said their forces under the command of Osama Juwaili had seized control of Al- Watiya Airbase after a deal with Zintani community to get out of it.

Fourteen Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya were freed Sunday night after three days in captivity and are in good health, the Tunisian consul in country said.

Departures of migrant-laden boats to Italy from Sabratha, formerly Libya’s biggest people-smuggling hub, have slowed to a trickle thanks to a security crackdown triggered by European pressure that ejected the city’s top smuggler.

Libya’s coast guard says it has rescued 113 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the attacks on Libya’s medical facilities, banks and on Sabratha conducted by militias.