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The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Monday that 3,425 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 44% of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 18 people died of the virus, while 617 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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Turkish military officers have installed an air defense and jamming system inside the Military Industrialization Factory in the western city of Bani Walid, sources told Libyan TV channel 218.

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Director of Shakshuk Isolation Center in Jado, west of Tripoli, said percentage of COVID-19 cases out of total samples tested recently amounted 70%.
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The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) issued a statement Sunday regarding December elections, in which the Commission referred to a systematic campaign against it to undermine its reputation and impede its efforts to spread culture of democracy.
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Informed sources confirmed that the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Siddiq Al-Kabir, had been seeking for some time to open the file of compensation for Turkish companies without even requiring them to resume work in exchange for successive compensation payments.

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that over 6,300 migrants have departed Libya through humanitarian evacuations or resettlement to third countries since 2017.

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Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, decided on Saturday to form a national council for public freedoms and human rights.

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Mesbah Doma, a member of Libya’s House of Representatives, affirmed on Friday that the exit of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libyan territory will not be a subject for negotiation to prolong their stay in the country.

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Muhammad Mazab, a member of the High Council of State, said on Saturday that the country’s warring parties in the eastern and western regions are competing over positions of power, warning that war would be imminent if the security institutions continue to be divided.

During an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik, Moazeb ruled out that a defense minister would be appointed at the present time. He also anticipates that no defense minister would be named until after the general elections in December.

“The crisis in Libya is based on the security factor, and the continued division in the security institutions makes all scenarios predictable, including the return of war again,” he said.

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Libya recorded on Sunday 4,061 new cases of COVID-19, while 28 people were recorded to have died and 651 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).

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