The Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bashaga, announced the arrest of ISIS operatives in Abu Ghrain town and the city of Zawiya.

The Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Joint Security Operations Room has arrested a suspected member of the al-Qaeda organization identified to be a Tunisian national.

Libya’s Tripoli based Audit Bureau announced yesterday that the head of its Public Sector Financial Supervision Department, Rida Gergab, was ‘‘kidnapped and forcibly held’’ on the same day by ‘‘a group affiliated with the Interior Minister’s Office’’.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his country’s stance towards Libya, stressing that Ankara would continue to support the Government of National Accord (GNA) until it extended its control over the entire country.

The Libyan Interior Ministry said its Tajoura central backup personnel had arrested “the coordinator of operations between ISIS and Ansar Al-Sharia”, Emad Al-Shagaabi.

The security directorate in Benghazi has shut down the women’s police station and placed its chief as well as the rest of personnel under interrogation on charges of “publicizing criminal investigation”.

The Passports, Nationality and Foreigners’ Affairs Department in Benghazi announced on Tuesday the suspension of work after an attack on one of its employees.

The so-called Ajdabiya operations room of Haftar’s forces has issued orders to police officers in the city and its suburbs to join the fighting axes in Tripoli immediately, giving them a one week ultimatum to join in.

The Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha met Wednesday with the Italian counterpart, Luciana Lamorgese, in Rome and discussed illegal immigration issues, Libya’s Anti Illegal Immigration Authority said on Facebook.

Ministry of Interior has called on the Council of Ministers to declare a state of emergency and take extraordinary measures in order to deter crime and instil a sense of personal safety in civilians. This came after the murder of a young man in front of a shop, in Sarraj …