In an unexpected turn of events, Saiqa commander Wanis Bukhamada is reported to have refused to accept the resignation of Mahmoud Warfali, who has been accused of involvement in the summary execution of a number of Islamic State members.

Senior Al-Saiqa Forces field commander, Captain Mahmud Al-Wirfalli, resigned on Monday; two days after his rogue militia attacked a police station in Benghazi and killed on-duty officer.

The Presidency Council (PC) has angrily denied that it is in any way connected with an arms shipment intercepted by a German warship a fortnight ago. It has warned the media to be credible and professional and not to fall prey to social media rumours.

Several Libyan officers from the military sector rejected in a meeting in Zuwara city on Sunday the statements of the Foreign Minister of the UN-proposed government, Mohammed Sayala, who said Haftar is the commander of the Libyan National Army.

There have been fierce clashes in Benghazi’s Suq Al-Hout district today as the Libyan National Army (LNA) continued to assault militant positions. There has also been a series of airstrikes mainly on Sabri, the city’s second surviving Islamist stronghold and an explosion at an LNA arms dump.

The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, stressed on Saturday the importance of lifting the arms embargo on what he called “the Libyan National Army.”

Explosions in Tripoli’s Abu Sleem, Salahedeen and Airport Road districts late this evening have heightened fears of a major battle between hardline, mainly Misratan brigades and local brigades, notably those under Ghneiwa Al-Kikli, Haithem Al-Tajouri, Hashem Bishr and Abdul Raouf Kara.

Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj will meet with Marshal Field Khalifa Hafter in Cairo tomorrow for the second stage of their discussions, usually reliable sources in Tripoli have told the Libya Herald. They said that he had already left for the Egyptian capital and that Hafter had likewise flown …

Criticism of Presidency Council (PC) foreign minister Mohamed Siala over his apparent endorsement of Khalifa Haftar as head of the Libyan armed forces is growing.

 The UN-proposed government and its Presidential Council must be expelled out of Tripoli, the Misrata elders and notables council said Wednesday.