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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya after authorities suspended them for several months. The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security forces.

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The Libyan Muslim Brotherhood has decided to rebrand its affiliate political party, the so-called Justice and Construction Party, and rename it “the Democratic Party”.

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The United States Embassy in Libya has released a recorded video message of the American Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, to mark one year since the Libyan ceasefire agreement was signed.

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The withdrawl of foreign forces from Libya before the upcoming elections on December 24 is “not possible”, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday.

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198 migrants aboard 2 boats were intercepted last night by the Tripoli-based coast guard and brought back to Libya where they disembarked in Zawiya and in Tripoli, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Saturday.

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shourkry held talks with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi today.

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José Manuel Albares, the Foreign Minister of Spain, held separate talks with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council Abdullah Al-Lafi on the margins of an international conference hosted by the Libyan government in Tripoli today.

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Libya’s first nationally-hosted conference since 2011 has concluded today in Tripoli, where top international diplomats gathered to affirm support for the country’s stabilization ahead of the elections on December 24.

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Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio today on the margins of the ‘Libya Stability’ conference in Tripoli.

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Libya Stability conference has begun in Tripoli, with regional and international participation, as Libyan officials stressed the importance and significance of the conference’s convening in Tripoli.
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