The escalated hostilities in Libya may result in reduction of oil production and fuel shortages in the country, Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla said.

On 4 April, General Khalifa Haftar, whose forces control Eastern Libya, announced the first phase of an offensive intended to gain control of forces loyal to Tripoli, prompting the mobilisation of the defense. In response, armed forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) launched a military op …

Coast Guard Commander, Rida Issa, said that a patrol of Zawiya Coast Guard has intercepted two rubber boats belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces, saying that any attempted sea attack on the western region will be a suicide.

Scores of vulnerable refugees and migrants have reportedly been freed from detention centres only to be forced to fight for militias linked to the UN-recognised Libyan government on the frontlines of its offensive against renegade General Khalifa Haftar.

Forces backing Libya‘s internationally recognised government fought house-to-house battles with troops loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar in southern parts of the capital, Tripoli, on Sunday and appeared to be gaining ground.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that in Libya, there is a government legitimized by people’s approval and a dictator receiving support from some Arab countries and Europe, referring to Khalifa Haftar.

Troops loyal to Libya‘s internationally recognised government are preparing to launch a counteroffensive on renegade commander Khalifa Haftar‘s eastern-based forces currently struggling to maintain their positions along the capital’s southern outskirts, the Government of National Accord’s interior minister said.

The Commander of the Naval Hub of the Volcano of Anger operation, Colonel Rida Issa said that any attempt by Haftar’s forces to infiltrate by sea will be a suicide.

Amnesty International has called for a war crimes investigation into the shooting at an illegal migrants detention center in Qasir Benghashir, Tripoli.

The humanitarian situation has greatly deteriorated in and around the Libyan capital Tripoli, where “densely populated residential areas are gradually turning into battlefields”, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.