Europe has been accused by a senior international official of acquiescence over the plight of thousands of migrants in Libya held in arbitrary detention in “deplorable conditions”.
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The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aqila Saleh, met in al-Qubba, a number of political and social leaders in the Cyrenaica region.
Tripoli-based Coast Guard and Port Security managed in two separate operations to rescue 168 migrants of several nationalities, who were on their way to European shores, according to the Army’s Chief of Staff in Tripoli.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, spoke with the outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, by phone on Tuesday “to discuss maintaining stability and calm in Libya,” according to U.S. Embassy.
Two Airbus aircrafts of the Turkish Air Force coming from Ankara were expected to land at the al-Watiya airbase in western Libya Wednesday afternoon, reported ItaMilRadar, a website tracking military flights over Italy and the Mediterranean Sea.
Italian News Agency Nova said that the Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, received a warning to hand over power to the designated Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, by May 26.
Libyan Presidential Candidate, Suleiman al-Bayoudi, said UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, was capable of successfully setting and facilitating a meeting between representatives of the parliament and High Council of State (HCS) in Cairo based on paragraph 5 of the Twelfth Amendment, but reaching an agreement on the proposed Constitution controversial issues within 60 days’ notice failed.
Outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has praised the bravery of the driver of the fuel truck that caught fire in the city of Benghazi Tuesday morning.
Al-Fuwaihat neighborhood in Benghazi witnessed Tuesday morning a fire at a fuel transport truck while refueling gas station.
The United Nations Security Council will hold Thursday a consultative session to discuss the latest developments in Libya.