Tripoli militia
Hundreds of fighters from Chad, Darfur feeding off Libya’s turmoil – report
Since 2012, a series of gold rushes from Darfur in the east to Algeria in the west had further destabilised the region.
Another of Abedi’s sons, Hashem, was detained on Tuesday evening in Tripoli on suspicion of links to Islamic State, said Ahmed Bin Salem.
Their six-month campaign has slowed as they have got closer to fully recapturing Sirte.
An airport spokesperson said commercial flights to the airport had been halted because of the violence.
Abdullah al-Thinni said Qatar had sent planes loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by rebels.
Lawmakers gathered in a heavily guarded hotel in the eastern city of Tobruk after three weeks of fighting.
A bomber blew himself up at the entrance to Benghazi’s Special Forces headquarters.
At least 15 people have been killed since Sunday.
The sources say al-Qaeda is now seeking to expand in Lebanon, particularly the northern city of Tripoli.
There has been a spate of bombings in Libya over the past few months.
Bombs exploded outside two police stations in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday.