British security company, Rose Partners, is helping the Interior Ministry of the internationally recognized Libyan government in Libya a create a ‘‘Supreme Security Chamber’’. The Chamber will be launched on 17 January, the Ministry announced yesterday.

Khalifa Hafter’s official spokesperson, Ahmed Mesmari, yesterday welcomed the proposal of sending international ceasefire monitors to Libya. The revelation was made by the eastern-based Libyan state news agency, LANA, which is closely aligned to Hafter.

The Director of the Moral Guidance Department of Haftar’s forces General Khaled Al-Mahjoub claimed that their forces launched “powerful strikes” on mercenaries in Sebha.

The commander of the Operations Room for the Liberation of Sirte-Jufra, Brigadier General Ibrahim Bayt al-Mal, yesterday linked the opening of the main coastal road between the east and west of the country with the withdrawal of mercenaries and the removal of mines.

The commander of the Sirte-Jufra Operations Room of the Libyan Army under the command of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Ibrahim Baytelmal rejected again the reopening of Sirte-Misrata road before the withdrawal of mercenaries from Sirte and Jufra.

36 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have demanded that the United Nations, along with the United Nations Security Council should expel all foreign mercenaries and foreign bases from the Libyan territories.

UNSMIL welcomed what it called the ‘‘remarkable success’’ on 25 December of the exchange of prisoners from both the contesting Libyan sides under the supervision of the Joint Military Commission (5+5), and thanks to the good offices of the tribal sheikhs and elders.

Located just a two-hour flight or a short boat trip away from its southern shores, Libya is a country in Europe’s immediate neighbourhood. Political shifts and conflicts in this oil-rich Northern African nation have immediate and extensive consequences for European nations. As a result, the European Union has long been …

The media center of the Volcano of Range Operation on Friday disclosed it had monitored 12 flights carrying mercenaries from Syria to areas controlled by the warlord Khalifa Haftar since last October.

The spokesman for the Libyan Army’s Sirte-Jufra Operations Room, Abdelhadi Drah said one mercenary fighter from Sudanese Janjaweed – fighting for Khalifa Haftar – was killed Friday in Sirte by the residents.