Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, on Saturday, that the Libyan authorities should guarantee the safety and should immediately provide medical care for the 120+ women and children who fled from the fighting in the city of Sirte, in the Misrata prison, where they are being held.

Concern is rising for more than 120 women and children, some of them wounded, held for weeks in Misrata after they were found among IS terrorists in the final stages of the Sirte siege.

In a speech to mark Libyan Independence Day, Prince Mohammed El Senussi, the son of the late Crown Prince Hassan, has warned Libyans not to rely on foreign governments to solve the country’s problems. These had their own interests and agenda, he said.

Two men, armed with explosives, held 111 passengers hostage on a plane at Malta International Airport on Friday. All of the hostages and flight crew were released within three hours and the men were later arrested.

In a security breakdown which has reportedly angered medical staff, two separate bombs exploded today inside Benghazi Medical Centre.

Algeria refused to receive Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar in military attire during his recent visit, possibly signalling that Algiers will not accept Haftar as a military leader.