Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar announced the start of military operations to “liberate” the eastern city of Derna on Monday after his forces clashed with rival militias on the city’s outskirts.

Three children – between 9 and 11 years old – have been killed as random artillery shelling hit their house in Hajara area, Sabha in southern Libya, according to the city’s Medical Center.

Clashes erupted between the Libyan self-styled army and Derna Shura Council in Fatayeh district in the east of the city. The fighting started Monday morning as Khalifa Haftar-commanded forces, which are encircling Derna, arrived on the outskirts of Fatayeh university.

The May 2 attack on the High National Election Commission (HNEC) in the Libyan capital came at a critical time, as the country prepares for the presidential and parliamentary elections later this year. In the early hours of the morning, two suicide bombers armed with explosive belts entered the HNEC’s …

An armed group linked with Libya’s internationally recognized government arrested two organizers of an annual media award in Libya on April 29, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The reasons for their arrests remain unknown, and their families have no access to them. 

Foreign Minister of Presidential Council Mohammed Siyala called for a partial lifting of the arms embargo on Libya in his speech at the “International Conference on Countering Terrorism and Preventing Violent Extremism” held in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe.

Army forces are gathering in and around Libya’s Derna as military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced plans to liberate the city.

One of the Derna Shura council fighters was killed and another was wounded on Sunday in airstrikes on Heela frontline in southern Derna.

The Defense Minister in the cabinet of Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj stressed that holding elections in the country was enough to unite state institutions and eliminate terrorism.

The Presidential Council’s Interior Ministry finished Saturday a joint security plan to secure the Libyan capital, Tripoli.