A spokesperson for the military operation of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous has condemned in a presser the crime of bombing the Misurata-based brigade in Hoon, Jufra on Monday by Operation Dignity warplanes.

A Maltese court pressed a number of charges against the two Libyan kidnappers of the Afriqiyah Airbus A 320, including acts of terrorism and the use of violence.

The Presidency Council (PC) boycotting member Omar Laswad has warned of a new looming military attack against the eastern oil terminals and fields by the same forces that had attempted to take it over at the beginning December.

IS militants carry a suicide attack in Sirte southern suburbs and kill one of the Misrata-led fighters.

Six Western countries including France and Italy have renewed their support for Libya’s unity government despite widespread violence and instability a year after it was installed under a UN-brokered deal.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, on Saturday, that the Libyan authorities should guarantee the safety and should immediately provide medical care for the 120+ women and children who fled from the fighting in the city of Sirte, in the Misrata prison, where they are being held.

Concern is rising for more than 120 women and children, some of them wounded, held for weeks in Misrata after they were found among IS terrorists in the final stages of the Sirte siege.

In a speech to mark Libyan Independence Day, Prince Mohammed El Senussi, the son of the late Crown Prince Hassan, has warned Libyans not to rely on foreign governments to solve the country’s problems. These had their own interests and agenda, he said.

Two men, armed with explosives, held 111 passengers hostage on a plane at Malta International Airport on Friday. All of the hostages and flight crew were released within three hours and the men were later arrested.

In a security breakdown which has reportedly angered medical staff, two separate bombs exploded today inside Benghazi Medical Centre.