The U.S. lobbying firm hired by former Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has terminated its contract with him just weeks after it was signed, reported American news website Politico on Monday.
The United Nations said on Wednesday that over 14,700 migrants intercepted and rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard by the end of June, surpassing the number of migrants intercepted and rescued and disembarked in all of 2020.
The General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has sent a military delegation to Russia headed by his office director and member of the 5+5 committee, Lieutenant-General Khairi al-Tamimi, said the Director of LNA Moral Guidance Department , Major General Khaled Al-Mahjoub, in a post on his official Facebook page.
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Misurata recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the Monday report of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), with 779 new cases followed by Tripoli, which recorded 702 new cases.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and the Italian ambassador to Greece Patrizia Falcinelli discussed the situation in Libya during a Monday meeting at the headquarters of the Greek foreign ministry.
The European Union is planning for a military mission in Libya in order to “compete for influence with foreign powers there”, reported the European online newspaper EU Observer on Monday, citing a leaked paper.
The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Monday that 3,425 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 44% of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 18 people died of the virus, while 617 have recovered during the same reporting period.
Libyan Oil Minister Mohamed Aoun participated in the 19th ministerial meeting of OPEC+, which took place virtually on Sunday, according to a statement by the oil ministry.
Turkish military officers have installed an air defense and jamming system inside the Military Industrialization Factory in the western city of Bani Walid, sources told Libyan TV channel 218.
Director of Shakshuk Isolation Center in Jado, west of Tripoli, said percentage of COVID-19 cases out of total samples tested recently amounted 70%.
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