The capital witnessed a night of heavy fighting as clashes broke out on the outskirts of Tripoli, lasting from the early hours of this morning until dawn.

Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni complained about ongoing unsubstantiated accusations of corruption against state officials, saying that there needs to be evidence and not just talk.

CAIRO — One of the two factions battling for control of Libya took steps on Sunday to divert incoming oil revenue away from the central bank and into its own new account, a steep escalation in the contest over the country’s vast wealth.

Libya’s oil and money are the prizes that have driven much of the competition among militias and factions in the nearly four years since the overthrow of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and as the fighting on the ground has slashed oil revenues, the legal and political battle for control of Libya’s assets has become overt and intense.