At least five people were killed in clashes between the Islamist Libya Dawn forces and the Libyan national army in Tripoli. A retired security officer was murdered in Benghazi, where 30 people were assassinated last week. An Operation Dignity commander said the Islamic State is controlling Ansar al Sharia, the Revolutionary Council in Benghazi, and the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, and accused Tripoli’s mayor of bringing in foreign fighters with the help of Turkey, Qatar, and Sudan; the commander alleged that convoys of fighters from Yemen are coming into the Libya via Sudan. A prominent writer who had been kidnapped by Islamists was released. Militants in Ajdabiya are holding 30 Egyptian drivers and their trucks hostage, demanding the release of a Libyan on trial in Egypt for smuggling weapons between Egypt and Libya. Grand Mufti Ghariani ordered an end to the UN-sponsored dialogue between the Parliament and the rival Islamist government headed by Omar al Hassi.
