Head of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar directly accused Qatar and other countries he did not name of supporting terrorist groups in Libya by financing mercenaries and extremist groups.

Militant training camps in Libya are a direct threat to Egypt’s national security, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday, after Egyptian air strikes targeted the camps in eastern Libya in recent days, Reuters reported.

Warplanes launched three airstrikes on the Libyan city of Derna on Monday, according to witnesses, days after Egypt attacked camps there, claiming it was targeting militants responsible for killing Egyptian Christians.

Egypt and Libya launched renewed raids, at dawn on Monday, targeting sites at al-Qaeda’s Shura Council of Mujahideen in the Libyan city of Derna and its suburbs, Al Arabiya sources reported.

It is reported that Tripoli International Airport is for the first time in almost three years back under recognised government control. The Presidential Guard – the military force directly under the orders of the Presidency Council – is said to have has taken it over from Tarhouna’s Kani militia.

Foreign aircraft carried out airstrikes on Hun town in central Libya near Al-Jufra city on Sunday, no casualties were reported, the commander of the 613 Brigade, Abdelrahman Basheer said on a local media outlet.

Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia armed group announced its own dissolution on Saturday, saying it has been “weakened” by fighting in Benghazi.

Misratan brigades aligned with the Salvation Government of Khalifa Al-Ghawiel have pulled back from Tripoli International Airport after two days of fierce fighting against rival groups loyal to the UN-installed Presidency Council.

Armed groups in Libya’s east are demanding the disclosure of investigations into the escape of ISIL fighters from Derna and Benghazi through areas controlled by Khalifa Haftar, the retired Libyan army general and self-proclaimed commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA).

The air force loyal to Libya’s strongman Khalifa Haftar said on Saturday it took part in Egyptian airstrikes on militant positions in the country after a deadly attack on Egypt’s Copts.