The 5+5 Joint Military Committee, a structure composed of five members representing Libya’s warring parties, is in Tunis to begin a new series of talks about expelling foreign forces from the country, according to media reports.
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Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) said Tuesday that 98 candidates, including two women, had registered to run in a presidential election scheduled for December 24.
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The embassies of France, Germany, Italy, U.K. and U.S. in Libya welcomed on Wednesday the efforts of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in implementing “the technical basis for successful elections” as the commission concluded the registration of candidacies in the upcoming presidential elections on December 24.
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The UN special envoy for Libya, Ján Kubiš, has quit just a month before crucial presidential elections in the war-torn nation – without giving security council members a clear reason for his sudden departure.
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The Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) directed on Tuesday a letter to the Presidential Council proposing the appointment of the Prime Minister’s son-in-law, Sufian Salim al-Shibani, as an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
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A group of lawyers and legal experts has reportedly formed a committee to submit judicial appeals in the event that the High National Election Commission (HNEC) allows Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to enter the first round of the presidential race on December 24.
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U.N. Envoy to Libya Ján Kubiš stressed the need for all Libyan parties to accept the results of the elections. He reportedly made his remarks during a meeting the council’s deputy chairman Abdulla al-Lafi in Tripoli, according to a statement by the Presidential Council on Sunday.
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh announced on Sunday that he will run for president in the upcoming elections on December 24; a move which was met with public criticism as the interim premier overrides Article 12 of presidential elections law.
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Ankara confirmed today that seven Turkish nationals, held by the Libyan National Army (LNA) for over two years, have been released and brought back to Turkey.
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The upcoming Libyan elections on December 24 will allow Italy and Europe to stabilize the war-torn country, said Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.
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