Italy has evacuated 15 Libyans wounded in a truck bombing by the IS group last week in Zliten, the Italian government has said.
IS militants claimed responsibility for the bombing, which killed at least 47 people and wounded over 100 more.
Italy said in a statement that it sent a C-130 transport plane at dawn today to the city of Misrata to take the wounded to a military hospital in Rome.
"This operation is a concrete gesture of solidarity and attention by Italy for the Libyan people at a particularly delicate moment for the stabilisation of the country," the statement said.
Libya's National Oil Company has confirmed that it is emptying storage at the Ras Lanuf oil terminal amid concerns about violence, according to Platts.
IS militants launched attacks on Ras Lanuf and nearby Sidra last week but were pushed back by Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard militia.
As lorries carrying vital humanitarian aid heads towards three Syrian cities -- Madaya, which is besieged by government forces and Foua and Kefraya, which are besieged by rebels -- Brice de la Vigne from the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) told the BBC that more than 250 people in Madaya have "acute malnutrition."
Ten need immediate evacuation or would die, de la Vigne added.
The Guardian has more on Britain's announcement that it struck targets in the IS group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa on January 10, using hi-tech Brimstone missiles for the first time.
A Brimstone is a “fire-and-forget” radar-guided precision weapon which can be used against moving targets, the Guardian writes.
The BBC is also reporting that Red Cross aid trucks are now waiting on the road to Madaya. Entry to the town is being coordinated with the arrival of aid to the government-held Shi'ite towns of Foua and Kefraya in Idlib province, which are besieged by rebels.
France has called on the Syrian government to end its siege of the town of Madaya ahead of peace talks on January 25, AFP is reporting.
British jets have targeted IS militants near their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, the UK's Ministry of Defense has said.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent tweets photos of aid convoys arriving at Madaya, Foua and Kefraya.
Sara Hussein of AFP tweets that the aid operations sent today to three besieged Syrian towns have to enter the towns simultaneously.
Madaya, near Damascus, is held by rebels and besieged by government forces.
The government controlled Shi'ite towns of Foua and Kefraya are besieged by rebels including Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate the Al-Nusra Front.