The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed on Thursday the creation of a new joint force, from both sides of the demarcation lines, comprising the 166 Battalion for Protection and Security from Misrata and the Tareq Bin Ziyad Brigade of the Libyan National Army (LNA), which has been tasked to secure the Great Man-Made River (MMR).
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Handover ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Air Force Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA), between the former Head of LNA General Military Inspection Department, Major General Abdul Jalil al-Tarhouni, and the new Head, Lieutenant General Pilot Saqr al-Jarushi.
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Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Aqila Saleh, said if the Government of National Unity (GNU) does not attend the session that HoR will hold for questioning it, the House will withdraw confidence from it.
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Commander of Tariq bin Ziyad Brigade of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Colonel Omar al-Jadid, met with the Commander of 166 Battalion from Misrata, Muhammad al-Hussan, in al-Shuwairif town regarding joint agreement on securing al-Shuwairif-al-Sidada road in the Western region.
It is worth mentioning that al-Jadid had addressed a letter to the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, proposing the formation of a joint force with Misrata forces to secure the road linking al-Shuwairif and Al-Sadada, known as the River Road, in order to secure traffic and deliver fuel and basic needs to the Southern region (Fezzan).
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Twenty seven members of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), from Cyrenaica region, have demanded the withdrawal of confidence from the Government of National Unity (GNU), headed by Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, and “the selection of a national figure capable of unifying institutions and reuniting the Libyans.”
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Member of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), Ali al-Tikbali, said terrorists roam between Tunisia, Libya and Algeria, exchanging information, weapons, money and the security of the three countries, accusing the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) of “dealing with Islamists, forgetting the interests of the Libyans and bringing problems with neighboring countries.”
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Several Libyan political blocs called in a statement Tuesday on members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to hold an emergency session to change the Government of National Unity (GNU).
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The International Organization for Migration (ION) in Libya announced the drowning of 392 people since the beginning of the year, and the loss of 632 people off the Libyan coast.
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279 migrants were intercepted off Libya’s coast on Monday night by the Tripoli-based Coast Guard before they were brought back to the country, the U.N. Refugee agency (UNHCR) said.
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There is a connection between religious extremists based in Libya and those in Tunisia with the latter receiving training inside Libyan territories, said Ahmed Al-Mesmari, the spokesman of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
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