Deputy Presidency Council (PC) head Ahmed Maetig has accused the international community of covertly supporting the return of a Qaddafi-style dictatorship.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow supports the full-scale restoration of the statehood of Libya. Lavrov added that while the situation in Libya remains complicated, actions are being undertaken in order to reach national a political solution.

Former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was abducted late Sunday by gunmen, local media reported. Zeidan was seized at a central Tripoli hotel and taken to an unknown location, according to the Libya Herald.

Two non-governmental organizations have said they are suspending migrant search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean because they feel threatened by the Libyan authorities.

The Italian government on Sunday welcomed Libya’s decision to bar foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast, as two more international charities halted search and rescue operations in the area.

A Libyan human rights organisation has accused the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by General Khalifa Haftar and its militia supporters in Benghazi, responsible for acts that amount to “crimes against humanity”.

Italy and other EU member states should not prevent migrants from Libya where they are suffering horrific abuse in a “living hell” says the charity Oxfam.

The Commander of Tripoli Naval Base, Abdulhakim Abuhuwiya, has confirmed that the Libyan Naval Force won’t accept any violation of Libya’s territorial waters.

Egyptian Chief of Staff, Mahmoud Hijazy and the commander of Operation Dignity forces, Khalifa Haftar, held meetings in Cairo over the last two days and they were focused on demanding Egypt to have a role in deterring Italy from giving a military supportive role for the Government of National Accord …

Wehda Hospital in the besieged city of Derna in eastern Libya has received a copy of the order of the Omar Al-Mukhtar Operations Room of Dignity Operation that allows supply of medicines and medical equipment to the hospital, the Head Director Mansour Ben Fayed said in a statement.