The elected parliament asked for a one-week postponement of UN peace talks in a bid to form a unity government. Libya shut down two eastern oilfields due to security concerns over recent jihadist attacks on the facilities. Libya Dawn conducted three airstrikes on the city of Zintan in northwest Libya on Mar. 11. The Islamist group’s fighters and pro-government forces also fought about 80 km. west of Tripoli on Mar. 11. The Islamic State’s Tripoli branch destroyed Sufi shrines. Russia’s UN representative said that his country “would not rule … out” a naval blockade to prevent arms shipments to anti-government forces in Libya.
