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.

Over seven fighters were killed from Operation Dignity militias in eastern Libya as they clashes with the Derna Shura Council fighters in Heela and Dahar Al-Hamar front lines.

Attorneys for Libyan victims of crimes committed by warlord and commander of the Libyan self-styled army, Khalifa Haftar, have filed a formal complaint with the French Prosecutor General’s Office, according to the President of Democracy and Human Rights Foundation, Emadeddin Zahri Muntasser.

At Kufra’s Taj Conference Hall yesterday morning, Kufra’s tribes gathered with the town’s officials, including the head of Kufra Municipality, Abdulrahman Agoub and commander of Kufra Military Zone, Brigadier Belgasim Al Abaj, to congratulate the arrival of Khalifa Hafter to Libya and to look to strengthening social cohesion and enforce …

A spokesman for Derna Shura Council, Mohammed Taher, confirmed that their positions in Dhahr al-Hamr and Hila frontlines were targeted by seven air strikes, but no human casualties were reported.

At least seven people have been reported killed on Wednesday as militants armed with at least one suicide bomb stormed the offices of the Libyan electoral commission in Tripoli. 

A multi-national quartet attempting to bring order to war-torn Libya says it supports holding presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, offering to provide observers to ensure the vote is free and fair.

Libyan Parliament Speaker Aqila Salih said parliament supports holding presidential elections in Libya before the end of the year by direct voting.