The Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri and Speaker of the Tobruk based House of Representatives Aqila Saleh have been invited to visit Morocco by the Speaker of Moroccan House of Representatives Habib Al-Maliki.

US officials say Washington has threatened warlord Khalifa Haftar with sanctions over his refusal to reopen oil exports, which the US said that it was a decision made under Russian influence.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said 72 illegal immigrants have been rescued by the Libyan coast guard off the country’s western coast. It voiced concern over the deteriorating condition of thousands of illegal migrants in Libya.

Bernard Levy arrived Saturday in Libya’s Misurata on a private jet on an unannounced visit, aiming as he claimed to make a report for Wall Street Journal on war crimes and mass graves found in Tarhouna.

Libyan tribal chieftains said they will file a lawsuit against tribesmen who called for an Egyptian military intervention in Libya, Anadolu Agency reports.

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) reported yesterday that it has ‘‘mounting evidence that Russia, through the Wagner Group, continues to position military equipment in Libya capable of conducting kinetic operations there’’.

The Egyptian parliament voted unanimously July 20 to support the deployment of the national army outside the country’s border, potentially bringing it into conflict with the Turkish army within Libya. The outcome of that battle, if it happens at all, is unknown.

After nine years of fighting in Libya, Western powers have failed to stop the fragmentation of the country, which has been torn apart by warring political factions, local tribal leaders and militias, as well as foreign powers and thousands of mercenaries.

Turkey and Russia said they will push for a cease-fire in Libya, where they support opposing sides in a civil war, while tensions continue to escalate between Ankara and Europe elsewhere in the Mediterranean, exposing a tangle of competing alliances across the region.

Egypt’s decision to approve the deployment of its army to its western borders is a “declaration of war” against Libya and a violation of the Arab League and UN charters, Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Tuesday.