Egyptian and Sudanese presidents agree to support Libya’s state institutions, particularly the army, during Cairo talks.

While the Libyan state remains too weak to confront and disarm the plethora of militias still present within it, IS has been able to gain a foothold in the eastern city of Derna.

The Council adopted the following conclusions:

As the conditions for Libyan activists are deteriorating, civil society fighters, refusing to be silenced, mobilise from abroad. One of them is Shahrazad Magrabi, whose initiative Libyan Women Forum is aiming to empower Libyan grassroots movements with a special focus on women. “The civil society in Libya is gaining momentum,” …

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—The overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 was heralded as a new beginning for Libya, a chance to start afresh and use its considerable oil wealth to build a modern, stable, democratic state.

Libya’s Operation Dignity and Egyptian officials deny earlier reports that Egypt’s warplanes were involved in targeting Islamist sites in Benghazi

Libya’s general Khalifa Hafter has said that once his Operation Dignity has liberated Benghazi, he will retire from the military.

Fighting continues between rival militias as Egypt rejects reports of involvement in attacks on Islamist positions.

Fighting continues between rival militias as Egypt rejects reports of involvement in attacks on Islamist positions.

After six hours of heavy fighting across Benghazi between members of Operation Dignity and Ansar Al-Sharia-affiliated militias, air strikes started targeting 17 February Brigade this morning.