The Tripoli breakaway bloc of House of Representatives (HoR) members have refused an invitation to attend a joint meeting with the rest of the Tobruk-based members by Egypt in Cairo.

Refugees in the Tajoura detention centre in Libya that survived a deadly air strike last week are demanding to be evacuated for fear of another attack.

Egypt and UAE have recruited militants from Sudan and other African countries to support Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces to capture Tripoli, well placed Libyan source told The New Arab.

Khalifa Haftar has issued an order to promote the commander of Saiqa Force and war criminal Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to a higher military rank.

The spokesperson of Haftar forces, Ahmed Al-Mismari, has threatened to target buildings in Tripoli which have rooftop antennas with airstrikes, saying those buildings are legitimate targets for their air force.

Survivors of the deadly air strikes on a migrant detention centre in Libya that killed at least 60 people have protested and asked for urgent evacuation.

Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala has described the current war on Tripoli by Haftar’s forces as a failed attempt to return to the military rule.

An all-out offensive has kicked off on Sunday morning by Libyan Army forces under the command of Government of National Accord (GNA) in an attempt to drive out the remaining fighters of Khalifa Haftar’s forces in southern Tripoli frontlines. 

The UN Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached 1,000, including scores killed in an air strike that hit a detention centre for migrants.

Turkey isn’t hesitating to escalate the situation in Libya even though the Turkish government is already under pressure on multiple fronts. Why? Ankara’s reasoning has to do with issues far larger than Libya itself.