Libyan National Accord government forces continue to rally around the city of Sirte in an attempt to storm it, after they attacked raids launched by Emirati aircraft belonging to the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, in an attempt to slow down their progress, and while the Egyptian initiative for a ceasefire is facing failure, oil production in Libya resumed after being stopped by forces Hifter for several months.

The Al-Jazeera correspondent in Libya reported that military reinforcements affiliated with the Al-Wefaq government arrived on Sunday at the main fighting axes near the central port city of Sirte, 450 kilometers east of Tripoli, and about 250 kilometers east of Misrata.

A military source from Al-Wefaq government forces told Al-Jazeera that some of its forces are stationed west of Sirte, and some are located in the Abu Qurain and Al-Washaka axes east of Misrata.

In turn, Libyan military sources indicated that the Al-Wefaq government forces advanced from Misurata and reached the steam station (25 kilometers west of Sirte) through three main axes: the sea axis along the coast, the coastal road axis and passes through the areas of Abu Qurain, Al-Washaka and Buwairat Al-Hassoun, then the Gate of the Fifty, then Gate The thirtieth, and finally the axis of the river road, which is a dirt axis located southwest of Sirte, while Haftar's forces retreated about 100 km to the east.

In addition to the resistance shown by battalions loyal to Haftar in Sirte, the advanced al-Wefaq forces were attacked towards Sirte by several raids carried out yesterday, Saturday, by an Emirati march plane, killing 15 of its members, and slowed their progress, while al-Wefaq aircraft responded with five raids against targets inside Sirte, in addition to dropping Haftar Wing Long drones

The mission is completed
, and Libyan officials affirmed the reconciliation forces' determination to enter Sirte, after exchanging statements attributed to the member of the Presidential Council for the Al-Wefaq Government, Ahmad Maitiq, after his visit to Moscow, that he ordered the Sirte Operations Room and Al-Jafra not to storm Sirte because it was a "red line."

In a tweet on Twitter today, Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Pashaga said that the red lines are drawn by sacrifices, and are not subject to dictates, adding that the city of Sirte will be in the bosom of the country and under the umbrella of legitimacy.

He added that there is neither complete nor complete perfection for the country without the East, which represents history, effort and originality, noting that Barqa is greater than Haftar, and Libya is greater than everyone.

For his part, Commander of the Sirte and Al-Jafrah Operations and Security Operations Brigadier General Ibrahim Bait Al-Mal said that any attempts to stop the reconciliation forces ’progress towards Sirte and the eastern region of Libya would be a failure.

He added that the sacrifices made by the forces push them to continue to restore Sirte and the base of Jufra without paying attention to any foreign presence in them.

The Al-Wefaq government forces launched operations towards the city of Sirte and the base of Al-Jafra after recovering in the past few days the areas south of Tripoli and the city of Tarhuna (80 km southeast of the capital), and previously recovered all the cities of the West Coast and most of the cities of the western mountain.

The military talks,
while announcing that they are determined to recover Sirte that was lost last year, as well as the Al-Jufra base and the eastern regions of Libya, the Libyan government of reconciliation does not seem to be paying attention to the initiative announced by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the presence of Haftar for a cease-fire in Libya.

Al-Sisi announced this initiative yesterday, which he said was aimed at resolving the Libyan crisis, which includes a cease-fire that begins on Monday morning. Russia, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia welcomed the initiative and announced their support for it.

For his part, the head of the Supreme Council of State in Libya, Khaled al-Mashri, rejected the Egyptian initiative and the conditions it held, saying that the defeated does not impose conditions.

As for the UN mission in Libya, it called today for the resumption of the joint military committee talks between the Al-Wefaq government and the Haftar forces, which were suspended in Geneva last February.

The invitation came days after the United Nations announced that the Al-Wefaq government and Haftar's forces had accepted the resumption of talks, which the Al-Wefaq government did not confirm it had accepted.

A statement issued by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Minister Noureddine El-Rai confirmed in a telephone conversation with his counterparts in Libya, Morocco, Egypt and Algeria, Tunisia's firm and supportive stances of the Libyan people and their institutions as defined by international legitimacy decisions and political agreement, in a way that guarantees Libya's unity, sovereignty, security and stability, according to the text of the Tunisian statement.

For its part, the Algerian Foreign Ministry today called on various actors regionally and internationally to coordinate efforts to settle the Libyan crisis politically.

Yesterday, Saturday, Haftar's forces spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said in a television interview that what he described as "some friendly countries" had let their forces down in front of the Al-Wefaq government forces, after losing strategic positions in the vicinity of the capital, Tripoli, in addition to the city of Tarhuna.

Oil pumping
On the other hand, the National Oil Corporation of Libya said that production gradually resumed from the largest oil fields in the country after a four-month blockade.

The resumption of production of the Sharara field, which is located in the southern Murzuq Desert, and has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, after Haftar's forces withdrew from it.

The Guard of the Oil Facilities said that a valve between the Sharara field and the Al-Zawiya port, northwest of Libya, had been reopened.

The company had recently said that Libya's losses as a result of the stoppage in production of some fields amounted to about five billion dollars since January 19.

In a statement issued today, the US embassy in Tripoli welcomed the resumption of production in the Sharara field and rejected the "militarization" of the energy sector.