More than 80 ISIL fighters have been killed in United States air raids on camps operated by the armed group inside Libya, according to US officials.
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Haftar’s forces fire at Italian trawler, Italy dismayed by militia behavior
Italian authorities said a fishing boat from Mazara del Vallo town was fired at from a ship of an “eastern militia”, adding that the incident took place 20 miles off Benghazi and Derna coasts.
Read More »LNA denies Hafter has signed any arms deal with Russia
The Libyan National Army has denied that armed forces commander-in-chief Khalifa Hafter has signed any arms deal with the Russians.
Read More »LNA air strikes on Derna after Hafter appoints new head of operations
After a lull of several months, aircraft belonging to the Libyan National Army (LNA) once again attacked Derna this evening. Several sites belonging to the powerful local Abu Sleem brigade are said to have been hit, mainly weapons depots. Casualties are unknown although the LNA claims to have killed two …
Read More »Al-Ghasri: War in southern Libya looming if political stalemate isn’t resolved
The spokesman of the UN-proposed government’s Defense Ministry, Mohammed Al-Ghasri, said a war is possibly going to break out in the Libyan south and the beginning of it will be known, while its end will be unpredictable.
Read More »Southern municipalities declare Libya’s south “afflicted region”
The mayors of Libya’s south issued a statement on Tuesday saying the southern region has become a disaster-stricken and a forsaken region amid the ongoing power outages, which reached day 10 consecutively in some cities, causing shortages in water and health problems.
Read More »Sirte brigade warns of takeover plans by extremists
Sirte’s one and only brigade, No 604, which has been part of the Misrata-led Bunyan Marsous forces, has accused the Muslim Brotherhood, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) and the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) of trying to retake the town.
Read More »Libya forces retake Benghazi district from rebels
Forces loyal to Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Monday retook a district in Libya’s Benghazi from rebels after fighting that killed nine soldiers in two days, a military source said.
Read More »Blockade in west Tripoli continues over arrest of local warlord
Streets in several areas of western Tripoli remained blocked today for the third day running today as a local militia continued to try to force the release of their commander, Adel Sifau. Locally known as “Shita”, he was arrested on Friday by the Rada (”Deterrence”) forces following a series of …
Read More »Angry Fezzan HoR members suspend HoR membership over region’s woes
A number of members of the House of Representatives (HoR) from the south of the country have suspended their membership in protest over the on-going blackouts in region as well as the lack of fuel and cooking gas. They claim that while the power shortages in and around Tripoli have …
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