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Khaled Al-Mishri, the chairman of the High Council of State, has threatened to ignite violence in Libya’s western region of Tripolitania if Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), wins the upcoming presidential elections.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in an international conference on Libya, which is going to take place in Paris on November 12, the press service of the Russian Embassy in France told TASS on Friday.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh arrived yesterday in Istanbul where he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the Libyan government’s media platform Hakomitna.

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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has evacuated 172 migrants out of Libya to in Niger on the evening of 4 November. It was the first evacuation flight to Niger in more than a year, after the Libyan authorities lifted a blanket ban on humanitarian flights.

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The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) has announced that it would provide a comprehensive briefing on the developments of the electoral process in a press conference next Sunday, and would announce the opening of the door for candidacy for the presidential and parliamentary elections, and the start of the process of distributing voter cards.
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Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Abdulla al-Lafi, said that PC pledged to the Libyans at the Geneva Conference on Libya to respect the roadmap, adding: “We, the Presidential Council, bear the responsibility for holding the elections.”
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Director of the Moral Guidance Department of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Major General Khaled al-Mahjoub, confirmed Tuesday that 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) will head to Turkey soon to discuss the mercenaries issue.
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Press reports, citing a secret report by the Libyan Intelligence Service, revealed Tuesday that the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, announced his intention to run for presidency in the upcoming elections, during a meeting he held in the city of Misurata with militia leaders and dignitaries.
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to assign his duties tonight to his deputy, Ramadan Boujnah, in preparation for announcing his candidacy for the presidency, according to sources close to the Government of National Unity (GNU).
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Abdulla al-Lafi, the Presidential Council’s Vice President, has publicly confirmed reports of a proposed plan to postpone the election until March 2022. However, he stressed that the plan is a “personal initiative” and does not represent any political body.

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