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The so-called Rad’aa Agency for Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime, an armed group nominally affiliated with the Libyan interior ministry, released a statement on Monday, in which it distanced itself from recent military tensions in Tripoli.

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881 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 15 percent of the infection rate, according to a Monday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC).

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Libya’s House of Representatives will convene an open session in Tobruk today to discuss the elections after it was postponed last week, said the House spokesman Abdullah Blehaq on Monday.

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The Commander of Sabha Military Region, Major General Fawzi Al-Mansoori, canceled all security rooms in the city.
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A meeting between the UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, and the Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) was postponed today due to the refusal of the political forces and many of LPDF members to keep the Committee as it is today after corruption spread among its members, according to Libya Update source. 
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The Turkish Defence Ministry said it was training Libyan naval forces on explosives disposal at Homs training center in Syria.
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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) reported on Sunday that 735 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 13 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 10 others died of the virus, while 622 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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The Libyan House of Representatives’ (HoR) Foreign Affairs Committee Condemned on Saturday “the British interference in Libyan internal affairs” and said it was surprised that the statement came in the context of the British Embassy’s congratulations to the Libyan people on the country’s Independence Day.
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it has resettled 107 refugees from Libya to Canada, the last resettlement departure of refugees from the African nation this year.
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France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the U.S. “stand ready to hold to account those who threaten the stability or undermine the political and electoral process in Libya, through violence, or the incitement of violence,” according to a joint statement released Friday by the five countries.

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