Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, called newly-elected Prime Minister Meitig “illegitimate” and said parliamentary elections should be postponed for at least three months while LNA forces rid the country of terrorists. Haftar’s forces are conducting reconnaissance over Derna, looking for Islamist militants, including Ansar al Sharia. Benghazi’s Benina airport closed after a rocket attack, and nearby Beida airport, citing security concerns, urged airlines to prevent non-Libyans from boarding international flights to Beida. A Benghazi newspaper editor who had recently interviewed Haftar was murdered. Gunmen killed a Salafist imam in Benghazi on May 23. Classes at a Benghazi college were suspended after gunmen fired at a bus carrying female students. Bank robberies are leading to threatened bank closures in Libya.
