Amnesty International urges the United States to halt the sale of 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the UAE due to its roles in Yemen and Libya.

After many international attempts for peace, the two rival groups in Libya reached a UN-brokered “permanent ceasefire” last month.

Libyan experts have discovered 17 bodies in several mass graves in the west of the North African country’s Tarhuna region, from where rebel forces under the command of renegade general Khalifa Haftar launched an aborted assault last year to seize the capital, Tripoli.

Human Rights Watch warns that Sudanese workers hired in the UAE are tricked into fighting alongside Libyan rebels aligned with renegade commander General Khalifa Haftar.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the permanent ceasefire agreement between warring sides in Libya as a “fundamental step toward peace and stability” in the North African country.

The United Nations mission in Libya announces that the first in-person political talks between Libya’s rivals will be held in Tunisia next month.

The head of the Libyan government has called on rebel forces under the command of renegade general Khalifa Haftar to lay down their weapons and respect a ceasefire that aims to stop violence and help resume oil production in the conflict-ridden North African country.

Libya’s national oil company has resumed oil production and export from eastern terminals that are free from the presence of rebel forces under the command of renegade general Khalifa Haftar.

Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of Libya’s internationally-recognized government says he will step down by the end of next month, amid efforts to find a solution to the North African country’s years-long political conflict.

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will announce his resignation soon, a report says, amid ongoing negotiations with a rival power camp about the political future of the country.