The Coast Guard of Italy has agreed on Friday to deploy a liaison officer to the command of the European Union’s Operation IRINI, which is in charge of overseeing the implementation of the arms embargo in Libya.
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Italy and France endorse the formation of a unified Libyan government as a “precondition for successful elections”, revealed Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha on Thursday.
273 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 40 percent of the infection rate, according to a Thursday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC).
Oil production in Libya reached over a million barrels per day after the reopening of the wells and export terminals, announced the Tripoli-based government on Thursday.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, offered his praise for the work of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee during a Thursday meeting with one of the committee’s members, Mohamed Haddad, Chief of Staff of forces loyal to the Tripoli-based government.
Special Forces of Western Libya’s Anti-Terrorism Force has captured an Iraqi national in the center of Gharyan south of Tripoli on suspicion of belonging to ISIS.
The Former Chief of the Tripoli-based Intelligence Service, Major General Osama al-Juwaili, confirmed that preventing the government appointed by the Parliament from entering Tripoli and taking over its duties “undermines the principle of peaceful transfer of power.”
The Italian parliament voted on Wednesday to authorize the extension of “assistance to the Libyan institutions responsible for controlling maritime borders”.
A U.S. appeals court decided Tuesday that the 22-year sentence of Ahmed Abu Khatallah for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attack wasn’t enough.
Osama Al-Juwaili, a military officer based in Tripoli, met on Wednesday with several armed groups loyal to outgoing prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, a source told The Libya Update.