Turkish Ambassador in Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, has denied that his country was involved in the security operation launched by the Government of National Unity in western Libya in the past few days.
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Calm has returned in some neighborhoods of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which had been the scene of clashes between the member units of the Special Deterrence Forces (RADA) and the 444 Brigade.
Drone strikes in Libya killed at least two people and wounded others, including an MP’s nephew, the lawmaker said, days after accusing the Tripoli-based government of targeting his home.
Khaled Al-Mashri, the head of the High Council of State, called on the Presidential Council to revoke the authority to use drones from Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who Al-Mishri accusing him of abusing those powers for “political ends.”
Last Thursday, at the Ras Jedir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport for Ministerial Affairs, Wissam Khalifa Al-Idrisi, held a meeting to follow up on the progress of work at the border crossing.
The Interior Minister of the Libyan Government, Major General Issam Abu Zariba, described the recent events in Zawiya west of Tripoli as shocking and painful for everyone, commenting on a military operation launched by the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Zawiya, for what it said was targeting the hideouts of smugglers, drug dealers and human trafickers.
Nearly 500 migrants who tried to cross the central Mediterranean have been brought back to Libya, according to a UN spokesman, two days after charity groups lost contact with the boat carrying them, Reuters reported.
The Libyan 6+6 Joint Committee for Preparation of Electoral Laws stressed Tuesday the need to form a unified government that paves the way for holding elections throughout the country.
The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) said Tuesday that Libya’s ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to international organizations, Osama Abdel-Hadi, discussed with an Austrian delegation, headed by the Director General of Vienna International Airport, the possibility of opening airspace, the return of air traffic between the two countries, and the operation of 3 flights per week.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh will visit Rome in June, announced the premier himself yesterday.