Around 8,000 Libyan artefacts were stolen and smuggled out of the country since 2011, according to a recent report by Art Critique, which also accused foreign fighters backed by Turkey of looting Libya’s antiques.
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Libya’s House of Representatives will hold a session on Monday to discuss the government’s budget, the election law and electoral districts, announced Fathi Al-Marimi, a media advisor to the House Speaker Aguila Saleh.
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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, would hold talks tomorrow with the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, as well as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Eric Meyer in Tripoli, local press reported on Sunday.
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The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 3,645 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 38.3% of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 31 people died of the virus, while 887 have recovered during the same reporting period.
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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, arrived in Sabha on Sunday to hold a ministerial meeting at the the General Administration Hall of Sabha University.
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Faraj Aqaim, the Deputy Interior Minister, met with legal advisors on Saturday to conduct an inventory of the ministry’s properties across the country and to review its ownership documents, the ministry said in a statement.
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Libyan mayors called on Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, and Health Minister Ali Al-Zanati to “urgently and quickly” intervene to support the isolation centers in their municipalities amid spread of Coronavirus infections across the country.
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ISIS released on Saturday footage of its fighters allegedly celebrating Eid Al-Adha in southern-western Libya, near borders with Algeria.
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The Libyan Health Ministry declared on Saturday a national emergency across the country over wide spread of Coronavirus infections.
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Mohamed al-Menfi, chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council affirmed his support for the electoral process and the success of comprehensive reconciliation efforts during a Saturday meeting with tribal representatives in Tobruk.
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