Haftar’s official spokesman General Ahmed Al-Mismari denied the presence of Russian forces the Wagner group in the city of Sirte, stressing that the city is completely under their control.

Several military brigades from western Libya urged the Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, to reunite the council and form a national unity government until elections are held on December 24, 2021.

The United Nations (UN) Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have called on thousands of foreign fighters and mercenaries to immediately leave Libya, with Guterres exclaiming: “Leave the Libyans alone!”

Following the closing of the one-week period on 28 January for the submission of nominations for the executive authority positions, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announces below the list of candidates for the Presidency Council and Prime Minister positions as according to the original Arabic alphabetical order.

A leading US diplomat slammed Turkish, Russian and Emirati policy in Libya on Thursday at the United Nations. Richard Mills, the head of the US mission to the UN, said the three states should stop interfering in Libya.

The Tripoli Interior Ministry reported 353 cases of premeditated murder, 242 kidnappings and 2,346 other crimes in 2020. It says the figures are for the whole of Libya.

Italy failed to protect the “right to life” of more than 200 migrants and refugees who died when the boat they were on capsized in the Mediterranean Sea more than seven years ago, independent human rights experts who work with the United Nations said.

As the political process continues to make progress through the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum towards securing the necessary conditions for the holding of national elections on 24 December 2021, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stresses the importance of the holding of municipal elections, and reiterates its call …

A batch of 1,300 Libyan army personnel has completed a combat-focused training engagement under the supervision of the Turkish Armed Forces.

The spokesman for Khalifa Haftar’s forces, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said members of the Muslim Brotherhood Group are “infidels and ideological advocates”.