The army detained on Sunday a wanted suspect in al-Mankoubeen area in the northern city of Tripoli after an attempt by some residents to smuggle him.

According to the state-run National News Agency, a quarrel occurred between the army and a wanted suspect on the international highway in al-Badawi, which links Tripoli with the northern district of Akkar and the Syrian border.

There was confusion Thursday over the trial of Seif al-Islam, son of slain Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, after a scheduled hearing on charges of threatening national security did not take place.

Seif, whose charges stem from the 2011 uprising that ousted his father, last appeared in court in the western city of Zintan on December 12.

Unknown assailants on Monday opened fire against a person who hails from the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli.

The Arab Democratic Party identified the victim as Youssef Maroun, reported LBCI television.

A mild earthquake shook the southern city of Tyre on Monday a day after a similar quake struck the northern city of Tripoli, the Bhannes Center for Seismic and Scientific Research said.

The center told the state-run National News Agency that the residents of Tyre felt at 2:52 am the quake that measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.

Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, the former head of Internal Security Forces, on Sunday launched an initiative for Tripoli, his hometown, in a bid to address the turbulent security situation in the northern city.

The initiative comes "after Tripoli managed to prevent a twentieth round of violence" between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, Rifi said.

A security meeting took place on Friday evening in the Grand Serail to discuss the latest developments in the northern city of Tripoli.

The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Tammam Salam and was attended by Interior Ministe Nouhad Mashnouq, Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi and Minister of Social Affaris Rashid Derbas.

A petition demanding the referral of the deadly double car bombing that targeted the northern city of Tripoli in August to the the Judicial Council will be handed over next week to Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, local newspaper reported on Friday.

A delegation from Tripoli and the North's lawyer's syndicate will hold a meeting with Rifi on Wednesday to hand him the petition, which was signed by around 70 thousand resident in Tripoli.

An Arab Democratic Party official, who is the father of one of the suspects in the mosque bombings in the northern city of Tripoli, was on Thursday killed in the area of al-Mina.

Abdul Rahman Diab, known as Aboudi Nwasi, was gunned down in his car by an unidentified motorcyclist.

Tension mounted in the northern city of Tripoli on Wednesday as roads were blocked and sniper activity was recorded between the neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh.

"A limiter scale exchange of fire took place between Tripoli's two rival neighborhoods after a man was arrested for shooting at Jabal Mohsen resident Bassel Hatwiq,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

Libya's interim assembly said it was facing an impending "coup" Tuesday after ex-rebel militias gave it a five-hour deadline to hand over power.

The potential crisis comes exactly three years after the start of the Arab Spring uprising that toppled strongman Moammar Gadhafi but left the sprawling North African country with a weak central government that has struggled to impose order on former rebel brigades.