The Libyan Red Crescent refuted claims say that it had found 116 Egyptian bodies buried in a desert area, east Libya. Several News outlets mistakenly reported that the bodies are of illegal immigrants, adding that they found their IDs and other personal belongings also buried with them.

Forces under Gen. Khalifa Hiftar have started a land and air operation to wrest the eastern city of Derna from an alliance of militant armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. All parties to the conflict are obligated to respect the laws of war and spare civilians and civilian infrastructure.

Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) have signed an $8 million funding agreement to address the humanitarian and medical needs of more than 623,000 beneficiaries in Libya.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expressed concern over the fate of nearly 800 migrants who have been held for more than five months in a crowded center in Zuwara without sufficient food to meet their subsistence needs.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said 368.583 IDPs in Libya returned home while 184.612 others are still displaced.

From 1 to 30 April 2018, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 31 civilian casualties – four deaths and 27 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included three men and one boy killed and 19 men, five women, two boys and one girl …

The head of the Tripoli-based Presidency Council, Faiez Serraj, passed a decree yesterday (number 489/2018) setting up a High Committee for the Follow-up of Displaced Affairs.

A source close to the meetings of the Misrata Tawergha Reconciliation Committee said that the meetings have managed to overcome the issues preventing the return of Tawergha IDPs to their hometown.

A United Nations official has stated that around 1.1 million people in Libya are suffering under critical conditions for almost eight years of war and are in need of humanitarian aid.

Libyan Human Rights Solidarity (HRS) issued a report Saturday documenting kidnap and murder cases of political and criminal backgrounds during 2017, based on official and media reports.