Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha met on Friday night with a delegation of social and tribal leaders from the city of Zliten, 160 km to the east of Tripoli.
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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit Benghazi and other cities of eastern Libya with various intensities on late Friday night.
The U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, paid tribute on Thursday to Sheikh Al-Basha Saleh Al-Atyush, a leading figure of Al-Mghrabi tribe from eastern Libya, who passed away yesterday.
The Chief of the General Staff in Tripoli, Lieutenant-General Mohamed Al-Haddad, met with a delegation from the British Ministry of Defense, represented by the Head of Security Policies for South America, Africa and the Middle and Far East at the British Ministry of Defense.
The consulate general of Turkey in the city of Benghazi will return to provide services if conditions in the eastern region make it possible, Turkish Ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, said on Wednesday.
Libya’s Magarha tribe stressed that it does not know the fate of its son, Abdullah al-Senussi, former chief of intelligence in the regime of ousted ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reports.
Fathi Bashagha, the Libyan prime minister designated by parliament, commemorated on Tuesday the 82nd anniversary of founding the Libyan army.
56 migrants, on a 10-meter boat that left Zawia in Libya, were rescued at dawn, about 3 miles from the coast of Lampedusa, by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
Military officers from western and eastern Libya will convene a meeting Sirte soon as part of their work in the 5+5 Joint Military Committee, Libyan TV Channel Al-Masar reported today.
Libya’s new ambassador to Algeria, Saleh Himma, presented on Monday his credentials to Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, according to a statement by Algerian foreign ministry.