The United States is “deeply concerned by renewed threats of violent confrontation in Tripoli and calls for immediate de-escalation by all sides,” said the U.S. State Department on Monday.
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The lifeless bodies of three migrants coming from sub-Saharan Africa were recovered on Sunday in Ras Jedir, at the border with Libya, Italian news agency Ansa reported on Tuesday.
Forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) on Monday shot down an unmanned drone near near Benghazi via a man-portable surface-to-air missile system (MANPAD), according to LNA’s media office.
Libya and Italy agree on the urgency of appointing a new U.N. envoy to “accelerate the political process towards national elections,” said Rome’s Special Envoy to Libya Nicola Orlando on Monday.
A child was confirmed dead and two others were injured as a result of so-called “celebratory shooting” that hit their home in Sabha last Thursday, the U.N. Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday.
Libya’s outgoing prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was urged by Turkey to peacefully give up power after he was ousted by the Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan TV channel Al-Masar reports.
Libyan Supreme Court chancellors took the legal oath before the presidency of the House of Representatives, in the presence of House Speaker Aguila Saleh, on Monday.
The ongoing political deadlock in Libya was the focus of discussion between Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council,Abdullah Al-Lafi, and British Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, who met at the council’s headquarters in Tripoli today.
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to discuss the situation in Libya by the end of this week, according to the council’s agenda for August.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush is in Washington where she held talks today with the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department Barbara A. Leaf in which they discussed “full support for the U.N. process”, according to the U.S. State Department.