Libyan Revolutionaries Operation Room head Shaaban Hadia Al-Zway, who was freed in a prisoner swap for five kidnapped Egyptian diplomats, is awaiting repatriation from Egypt; authorities said he had been detained because his Egyptian residency had expired, not for al Qaeda links. A Benghazi media activist escaped an attempted car bombing. Gunmen assassinated the head of the local council in Reyayna and injured another man. International flights in and out of Sirte airport have been suspended. The government still has not provided troops to quell fighting in Sebha, and said the reason reinforcements have been kept in Jufra is “classified.”
