The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) deprecates the closure of Libya Al-Wataniya and Libya Al-Rasmia channels on Tuesday, August 19, following the authorities’ request from the Nilesat to halt transmission of them, as they are being taken over by the Islamists.

Unidentified military jets target ammunition bunkers belonging to Islamist militias in Tripoli as rival militias continue their fight for supremacy in the Libyan capital

Libya’s authorities are looking to form joint forces with Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia to secure the border, curb illegal immigration, and stop arms smuggling and drug trafficking.

Those who carried out the air strikes early yesterday morning targeted the parties that did not agree to a cease fire, said Abubaker Baera the First Deputy President of the House of Representatives (HoR).

Air raids carried out last night over Tripoli on the positions of Misratan-led forces could not have been made by Libyan warplanes the General Chief of Staff has said.

Unidentified aircraft flew over Tripoli before dawn Monday (August 18th), and loud explosions could be heard, AFP reported.

The House of Representatives (HoR) President Ageela Issa revealed this evening that the HoR had formed a committee tasked with attempting to achieve a ceasefire in the fighting between the warring militias in Tripoli.

Libya’s new House of Representatives voted in Tobruk on Wednesday (August 13th) to disband all militias formed after the 2011 revolution.

BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s parliament Wednesday voted to disband the country’s militia brigades and integrate them into the military in an effort to end the worst fighting between rival armed factions since the 2011 fall of Moammar Gadhafi.

Colonel Mohamed Al-Suwaisi, the head of Tripoli Security Directorate, was assassinated today in Tajoura.