The Head of the UNSMIL Ghassan Salame said his recent initiative for de-escalation in Libya has three points that could lead to a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Migrants trapped in Libyan detention centres where many have been subjected to abuse would be evacuated to Rwanda under an emergency plan being discussed with international humanitarian agencies and the EU, The Financial Times has reported. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed the report about the strike hitting a Ukrainian private company’s IL-76 cargo aircraft at the airport of Misurata, Libya, saying it was delivering humanitarian aids in coordination with Libyan Red Crescent. 

The Foreign Minister of Libya’s UN-backed Government of  National Accord, Mohamed Sayala, called Wednesday on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate a recent deadly airstrike on the southern city of Murzuq.

Libya’s internationally recognised government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars ($28.5 million) for its defence ministry, it said on Tuesday, stepping up spending to fend off an eastern offensive as the war enters a fifth month.

Former Libyan oil minister Abdulbari al-Arusi was released on Tuesday after two weeks in captivity, according to local media, Anadolu Agency reports.

The Air Force of Khalifa Haftar’s forces said it had carried out airstrikes on Misrata’s air college early on Tuesday, hitting a military cargo plane laden with ammunition.

The UN Security Council reaffirmed Monday the call on all Libyan parties to commit to a ceasefire and rapidly to return to a UN-mediated political process.

The Interior Minister of the Interim Government of eastern Libya Ibrahim Bushanaf has accused “terrorist groups” and “sleeper cells” of kidnapping the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) Siham Sergiwa, adding that the case is still under investigation.

The Counter-Terrorism Force confirmed in a statement Sunday the arrest of an ISIS member in his hideout in Swawa area of Sirte.