Forces loyal to the Libyan unity government are preparing to launch a final offensive against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists to fully recapture the coastal city of Sirte.

At least five members of forces allied with the UN-backed Libyan unity government have been killed in fresh clashes with Takfiri Daesh terrorists amid operations to liberate the northern city of Sirte.

Libyan rescue workers have in recent days recovered 87 dead bodies of drowned refugees that washed up on a western beach, media reports say.

The UN chief has warned that Daesh terrorists may set up new terror cells in Libya and North Africa as Libyan forces are advancing further against the Takfiri group in Sirte, its major stronghold.

A group of armed militant groups in Libya has called on the people to fight foreign forces in the North African country, describing their presence as a “blatant aggression.”

Fighters affiliated with Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) say they seized a building Sunday used by the Takfiri Daesh terrorists for making explosives in the militants’ stronghold of Sirte.

At least 20 members of forces loyal to the Libyan unity government have lost their lives as they engaged in clashes with Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the northern city of Sirte.

The UN says the government based in eastern Libya is no longer internationally recognized and that the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) is the only official cabinet.

Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) said Friday it had sacked four ministers from the recently-formed cabinet.

Forces loyal to the Libyan unity government have wrested control of a district south of the city of Sirte following heavy clashes with Takfiri Daesh terrorists, officials say.

In major offensive against terrorists in Libya, unity government forces have recaptured the port city of Sirte from Daesh terrorist group.

Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government say they have taken back the country’s northern port city of Sirte from the Daesh Takfiri group in a major offensive against terrorists in the North African country.

Human Rights Watch has released a report, cataloging atrocities carried out by the Takfiri terror group of Daesh against Libyans in a northern town.

The United States and other world powers have voiced readiness to supply weapons to Libya's internationally-recognized government to counter militants and rivals.

A Tunisian bomber with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a checkpoint in western Libya, killing five people.

The United Nations Security Council has blacklisted an Indian-flagged oil tanker for illegally carrying crude oil from a Libyan port controlled by militants.

French and German foreign ministers have made a surprise visit to the Libyan capital of Tripoli in a show of support for a unity government in the war-torn nation amid new clashes in the east that killed 15 security forces.

Four oilfields have been shut down and employees in a fifth oilfield have gone on strike in Libya over fears that the Daesh terrorist group may attack the facilities.

A major power station in Libya’s second largest city has come under artillery attacks by unidentified “terrorists,” threatening widespread power cuts in east of the country, officials said.

Takfiri Daesh terrorists have reportedly launched fresh attacks near key oil facilities in northern Libya.