The takeover took place after 'six hours of fighting with air cover', the GNA said.

The UAE is reportedly pouring arms and military supplies into Libya despite a UN arms embargo against the war-ravaged country.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says there is no military solution to the conflict in war-torn Libya, stressing that an immediate ceasefire is necessary for a political process to continue.

The deal is to see the United Nations monitor the safe return of the displaced people.

Libya's UN-backed government suspends ceasefire talks with renegade General Khalifa Haftar after an attack on a sea port in the capital Tripoli.

Armed rebels in Libya claim they have destroyed a Turkish cargo ship carrying ammunition and weapons at the port of Tripoli.

A United Nations (UN) official says the situation in Libya is “deeply troubling” and a fragile ceasefire in the crisis-hit country has seen dozens of violations.

New clashes on Libyan capital have left civilian casualties a day after the UN Security Council called for a "lasting ceasefire."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of working to bring back the Ottoman Empire, carrying with him a neo-Ottoman vision particularly after the aggression on Syria and deployment of Turkish forces to Libya.

French President Emmanuel Macron lambastes his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for sending warships and “mercenaries” to crisis-hit Libya.