The UN-proposed government’s Presidential Council (PC) issued a statement Friday suspending the defense minister-designate, Mahdi Al-Barghathi, following the attack on Brak Al-Shati base in southern Libya by the Third Force and fighters loyal to the defense ministry.

Criticism of Presidency Council (PC) foreign minister Mohamed Siala over his apparent endorsement of Khalifa Haftar as head of the Libyan armed forces is growing.

Khalifa Hafter has given absent members of the armed forces three weeks to report for duty or face the sack.

Libya’s Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has today cautioned the Serraj-GNA Foreign Ministry for extending diplomatic postings abroad beyond the legally permitted four-year period. The ACA is the state oversight body for state employees.

The Presidential Council has formed a committee to coordinate communication channels between the fighting parties in southern Libya after the ceasefire in the region did not hold long.

The Military Council for Al-Zintan Revolutionaries (MCZR) said, on Wednesday in a statement, that it is now sure that the general leadership of the army that led by General Khalifa Haftar had appointed personalities from the military figures of the Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in high military and security positions.

The House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk has attacked the decision by the Presidency Council (PC) to create a new 3,000-strong military unit to guard Sirte.

The UN-proposed government’s Presidential Council (PC) has issued a new decree ordering the formation of a military force tasked with securing the city of Sirte.

The counterattack at Ras Lanuf and Sidra by the Libyan National Army (LNA) anticipated for today has not occurred though there have been further air strikes on targets in and around the two oil terminal towns.

The High Council of Libyan Notables and Elders has expressed support for Libyan National Guard (LNG), which was recently formed, calling on Libya’s revolutionaries to join the LNG to be under the legitimacy of one state and end the political fragmentation.