Libyan Air Force of the Government of National Accord (GNA) targeted Monday night a convoy for Khalifa Haftar’s forces near Al-Joush town as they were trying to withdraw from Al-Watiya airbase southward and a gathering for Haftar’s forces inside the airbase, leaving several fighters killed.

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again denied the participation of any Sudanese forces in the fighting in Libya.

Russia has started recruiting dozens of young people in Syria to fight in Libya alongside the forces of retired Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar against the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), local sources said yesterday.

The forces of rogue Libyan general Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on the capital Tripoli early Tuesday after being ousted by government loyalists from a string of towns to its west.

A nine-year-old boy was killed and four of his family members were injured when a shell fired by Haftar’s militias hit their home in Ain Zara district south of Tripoli, spokesman for the Ambulance and Emergency Service, Osama Ali said Sunday.

Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) captured three cities west of the capital Tripoli on Monday in a new advance against forces loyal to eastern militia leader Khalifa Haftar, according to social media accounts run by GNA forces.

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya on Friday condemned the cutting off of water supply to the capital Tripoli over the past week as “particularly reprehensible” and said it must stop immediately, reported Reuters.

The Libyan Army under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has regained full control of Abu Grein town after a failed advance attempt and attacks by Khalifa Haftar’s forces, said Army spokesman Mohammed Gununu on Sunday.

Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar on Sunday attacked medical warehouses belonging to a hospital in the capital, knowing that they were used for treating coronavirus patients. 

The Libyan coast guard rescued 280 migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday and diverted them to the shores of the North African country, only to have them banned from disembarking, the UN migration agency said.