At least 35 Russian mercenaries have been killed in Libya fighting for the forces of Khalifa Haftar, the independent Russian-language Latvian news website Meduza reported on Wednesday.

The Air Force of the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, liquidated at least 26 militants near the southwestern city of Murzuq as the militants attempted to flee the area in the wake of the US airstrikes, Ahmed Mismari, the LNA spokesman, said on Thursday.

Up to 35 Russian mercenaries have been killed in Libya fighting for the forces of rogue Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, the independent Russian-language news website Meduza reported on Wednesday.

The monitoring military aircraft movements over Italy and the Mediterranean Sea “ItaMilRadar” detected Tuesday morning a French Air Force Boeing C-135FR over Tripoli.

Since April, about 19 families, mostly Sudanese from Darfur, have been taking refuge in an improvised camp.

US Africa Command conducted an airstrike in coordination  with the Government  of National Accord, killing 7 ISIS-Libya terrorists in southern Libya, on September 29, 2019.

Libya Al-Ahrar TV channel has quoted a source in the Government of National Accord (GNA) as saying that Al-Wattiyah Airbase is now under the complete control of Russian forces.

In Libya, where rival forces are deadlocked south of Tripoli, a months-long battle for the skies between Turkish and UAE drones has failed to break the stalemate, analysts say.

France and Italy have chaired a ministerial meeting on Libya in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with attendance of delegates from the US, UK, UAE, Turkey, Egypt, China, Germany, Russia, and Arab League as well as the African Union. 

A U.S. airstrike Thursday in Libya has killed 17 Islamic State fighters, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).