At least one police officer was wounded after armed groups clashed last night in the area near Mitiga International Airport, south of Tripoli.
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The Chairman of the Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly last night in New York.
“There is no law preventing the Libyan government from assigning land to foreign embassies,” this is how Adel Jumaa, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs for the Government of National Unity, responded to criticisms against his government’s decision to assign land to four foreign embassies.
Fathi Bashagha, the Libyan prime minister designated by the House of Representatives, will attend an upcoming parliamentary session scheduled for Tuesday, 20 September, in Benghazi, according to multiple press reports.
The Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, will take a trip to Russia “within days” to hold talks with Moscow officials about “common interests between the two countries”.
The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 4 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 3 percent of the infection rate. 2 people recovered in the same reporting period.
The government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has picked Ziad Daghim, a member of parliament, to become Libya’s next ambassador to the Netherlands, according to multiple reports by Libyan press sources.
Libyan Parliament Speaker Aqila Saleh will visit Russia in the coming days.
German Ambassador to Libya, Michael Onmacht, said he had “a constructive meeting” with the outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, where they discussed the latest political developments in Libya.
The Pro Asyl charity in Germany has called for the dismissal of the trial against three young migrants accused of terrorism in Malta.