Forces loyal to the internationally recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) yesterday seized the town of Abugrein, south-east of Misrata, from the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by renegade retired General Khalifa Haftar which had captured the town a day earlier.

The Libyan Army’s air defenses shot down on Tuesday morning a drone provided by the UAE to Khalifa Haftar as it was preparing to carry out strikes.

Libya continues to balance on a knife edge and the latest fighting has killed at least 11 government soldiers in the western city of Misrata, despite regional peace efforts led by Algeria.

Three children have been killed and others injured in Al-Hadba Al-Badri neighborhood as Khalifa Haftar’s forces have fired indiscriminate shells on residential areas in southern Tripoli.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the Abu Dhabi over its involvement in the Libyan war, alleging that emirate finances Russian mercenaries fighting on behalf of rogue General Khalifa Haftar.

Germany on Monday urged UN Security Council members to adopt a resolution on Libya to stop continuing military attacks and violations of arms embargo in the war-torn country, Anadolu Agency reports.

A UN report published today urges accountability for the 53 Tajura Detention Centre migrant deaths caused by an airstrike in July 2019. The airstrike was attributed by Tripoli at the time to pro Khalifa Hafter forces. The UN report attributes the strike to ‘‘a foreign state’’ supporting Hafter. It names …

The United Nations (UN) confirmed in a report on Monday that foreign warplanes supporting Khalifa Haftar or belonging to his forces are responsible for killing at least 53 immigrants at the Tajoura detention center in last July.

The spokesman for Khalifa Haftar’s forces, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said going to international conferences wasn’t because they were searching for a political solution since they are convinced that the solution is through the “rifle and ammunition”.

An increase in fighting in Libya will make life even more precarious for the more than 636,000 refugees and migrants in the country, human rights activists say.