On this day, October 31, 1803 Libyan sailors destroyed the American frigate USS Philadelphia.
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U.S. Special Envoy for Libya Richard Norland has said his country is “pleased at renewal of UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) mandate for one year and pledges full support to SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily in his efforts to restore momentum on elections.”
The Chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), Ali Mahmoud Hassan, has accused Belgium’s Prince Laurent of blackmailing him in a failed attempt to recover €50 million Laurent claims he is owed by the Libyan Ministry for Agriculture.
The Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) met Thursday in Sirte in the presence of UN Special Envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily.
On the occasion of the disarmament week, UN Special Envoy to Libya reiterated “the UN’s commitment to providing technical support to Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) to accelerate the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, including placing the regularization of arms under the sole control of the state.”
The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, in his capacity as Defence Minister, signed two military cooperation agreements with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
UN Special envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said in his remarks to Security Council Monday that the political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight to the prolonged stalemate over the executive authority.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Sunday the number of people internally displaced (IDPs) in Libya continued to decrease during the reporting period (May – June, 2022) as 143,419 individuals (29,194 families) were identified to be displaced by June 2022 compared to 159,996 IDPs identified in the previous round.
Crews aboard a humanitarian rescue ship rescued 39 people on Sunday from a small fiberglass boat adrift in the Mediterranean.
The U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said Sunday he met in Benghazi with the Joint Military Commission’s (JMC) five eastern members and urged them to continue their efforts to preserve the ceasefire agreement.