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.

In the ongoing effort by international and domestic actors to solve the political deadlock in Libya, the spotlight is on UN Special Envoy Ghassan Salame. Since the second anniversary of the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) in the Moroccan city of Skhirat in December 2015, Salame’s well-thought and …

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 …

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.

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 …