Tensions might resume in Libya if the upcoming elections on December 24 were to be postponed, said Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese in a speech at the Ambrosetti Forum on Sunday.
Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh authorized on Saturday the establishment of a fact-finding committee to investigate the armed clashes, which took place in Tripoli on late Thursday night.
Libya’s Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush will be in Athens tomorrow, where she is scheduled to meet with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, the foreign ministry of Greece announced on Sunday.
Former Interior Minister, Fathi Bashagha, signed late last month a new lobbying deal with the American firm BGR Group, which is worth 300,000 U.S. dollars in accumulated value, after his last contract with Brownstein Hyatt was abruptly terminated days after signing it for unknown reasons.
U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, said Libyans do not wish to see a repeat of the civil conflict of the past, and the best hope for stability lies in the elections scheduled for December.
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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed “grave concern” about armed clashes, including the alleged use of indirect fire, in Salaheddine, a densely populated neighbourhood in Tripoli.
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Spokesman of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Major General Ahmed al-Mismari, said LNA’s Tariq bin Ziyad Brigade captured, in the South-Western region (Fezzan), “the terrorist al-Ajili Ali al-Ajili Al-Hasnawi, who is affiliated with the extremist organization ISIS.”
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Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has urged people, in a public speech in al-Marj town east of Benghazi, to prepare for December elections and to choose the candidate who is most suitable to lead the next stage.
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Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), visited the eastern city of Marj on Thursday, where he held a rally to “underscore the city’s role in fighting terrorism”, according to a statement by Marj Security Directorate.