Libya’s High Council of State yesterday condemned recent airstrikes carried out by the troops loyal to the retired Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, which had targeted a field hospital and left five doctors dead.

The member of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) for Benghazi Jalal Al-Shuwaihdi has asked the UN Security Council to probe the kidnapping of HoR member Siham Sirgiwa by Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

Member of Tobruk-based House of Representatives Siham Sergiwa has been abducted by an armed group loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar in the city of Benghazi, amid conflicting reports on her faith.

The Head of the High Council of State (HCS) has accused Egypt of bombing the migrants’ detention center in Tajoura, eastern Tripoli.

UNSMIL said in a statement on Sunday that it was deeply concerned at a series of serious incidents which have taken place in the last few days in and around Tripoli.

The High Council of State (HCS) has called on the Presidential Council (PC) to boycott the Arab emergency summit, called for by Saudi Arabia later this month, as an expression of rejection to the Arab League position, which it described as shameful towards the attack on Tripoli.

The forces of Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) boasted Saturday of new weapons to fight off a rival’s offensive on Tripoli, despite an arms embargo on the country.

From its powerbase in eastern Libya, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) has gradually extended the territory under its control and the firepower at its disposal, to the point where it now challenges the authority of the country’s United Nations-recognised government in Tripoli.

Three sons of the High Council of State (HoR) member, Hamid Barekow were killed on Monday by unidentified gunmen, who opened fire on their car in Murzuk city south of Libya.

The White House disclosed, in a statement on Friday, that the US President, Donald Trump, made a phone call with the commander of the Dignity Operation, General Khalifa Haftar, on Monday.