BENGHAZI (Libya) – Four Bangladeshis have been killed in gunfights between rival groups in the war-torn Libyan city of Benghazi, a minister said on Sunday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned Western powers Libya could spiral out of control if they try to intervene militarily in the conflict-wracked North African state.

The 215-page final report of the UN Panel of Experts on Libya to the President of the Security Council was released recently. The report provided grim reading on the situation in Libya.

A report on Libya by team of experts in Security Council suggested that the second group of Libya Shield forces is involved in attacks on police, explosions, and assassinations in Benghazi.

Mogherini says it is clear Libya needed functioning government as soon as possible to restore peace, begin reconstruction.

Suspected Islamic State militants in east Libya attacked a water and power plant 80km from Sarir,  the country’s largest oil field, prompting a crisis meeting on security in the oil crescent region.

While the army continues its push against IS and Ansar Al-Sharia terrorists and their supporters in the city, Benghazi’s police are moving back into liberated areas part of which however have been devastated in the fighting.

Libya Dawn aircraft are reported to have struck IS targets in Sirte today, inflicting heavy casualties.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned of a “terrifying” expansion of the presence of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Libya.

Egypt and France on Sunday began joint military exercises off the coast of Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria.