Two aircraft thought to belong to Misratan forces are reported to have bombed Bark Al-Shatti airbase this afternoon in reprisal for the airstrikes on Tamenhint airbase this morning. It is not known if there are any casualties. Attempts to contact the authorities in Brak have been unsuccessful so far.

Early Wednesday morning, Dignity Operation fighter aircraft started bombing locations around Tamnihint airbase in the southern city of Sabha, according to Jamal Al-Treki, the Third Force’s commander.

Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) denounced the stance of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) in which it conditioned its return to the dialogue table with including the leader of Dignity Operation Khalifa Haftar in the political process.

In a vote today, The House of Representatives has set out its terms for taking part in dialogue with the State Council on the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) approved at Skhirat, Morocco, 16 months ago.

War on Khalifa Haftar and his militias is still ongoing, Derna Shura Council has stated.

Agence France Presse photographer Abdullah Doma was freed late during the night after having been again arrested, this time by anti-terrorism investigators.

Clashes have erupted this morning between two conflicting armed groups from the locals of Wershefana district, western Tripoli, media sources reported.

AFP‘s photographer in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, was detained late Saturday for the second time in several days by security services there, his family said.

The butcher’s bill among civilian victims of the fighting in Libya continues to mount with UNSMIL reporting that in March  there were 20 civilians killed including three children and six women.  In the first two months of this year 28 civilians lost their lives.

Since the emergence of ‘failed states’ in the Middle East and North Africa region driven by the so-called “Arab Spring” events, Russia has actively endeavoured to expand its influence across the region. In Libya – the country, which has suffered from bloody sectarian wars since 2011 and thus, became a …