The Council of Elders and Dignitaries in Murzuq in south Libya urged Saturday authorities to be on high alert and raise capabilities to thwart any threats amid the incidents in Chad where rebel groups are fighting in the north of Chad near Libya’s southern border.

UNSMIL yesterday said it is concerned for the safety of Mr Abdul Khaliq Mohamed Misbah Ibrahim, a Libyan Foreign Bank official who was arbitrarily arrested in central Tripoli, on 9 February 2021, allegedly by an armed group.

The investigation department of the Attorney General’s office in Libya said they had repatriated ten women and 14 children from ISIS families, who were detained during Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous operation in Sirte, to Tunisia.

In the early hours of the morning this Sunday, at least four airstrikes of unknown origins targeted the city of Ubari.

Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced Sunday the arrest of a top Islamic State group figure in the south of the North African country.

The Investigation Department of the Attorney General’s Office on Thursday confirmed the arrest of two ISIS members in the Sidi Al-Masry neighbourhood of Tripoli and the capital’s suburb, Tajoura.

The gravesites of four Filipino oil workers who had been kidnapped and later executed by ISIS in Derna, Libya, six years ago were finally located, the Philippine Embassy in Libya informed Libya Herald. The gravesites were located on Monday with the help of the eastern Libyan authorities.

Two sons of Khalifa Haftar, the leader of Libya’s eastern-based forces, were in the United Arab Emirates for negotiations which saw Abu Dhabi cut its financial and military support to the strongman’s forces, sources told The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site.

Chief Prosecutor of Northern Tripoli, Omar Fakini on Monday confirmed that the Interior Minister’s convoy that was traveling down the highway west of Tripoli on the 21st of February did not come under attack.

A senior UN diplomat in Libya told the Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on Friday that there are about 20,000 mercenaries in Libya.