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Qatar’s development fund has signed a grant deal with The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), which is based in Doha, to “empower youth and promote peace and development in Libya through sport”, local Qatari media reports. The deal does not disclose the name of the Libyan party that partnered with the two organizations to implement this project.

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A new committee of the House of Representatives, which is tasked with drafting electoral legislations, will hold its first meeting with the High National Election Commission (HNEC) and the U.N. Mission in Libya following Eid Al-Adha holiday (from July 19th to 23rd), committee member Muftah Quaider said on Wednesday.

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Libya’s Presidential Council has directed the government to “harness all capabilities” to support Tunisia after the country was hit by a new wave of Coronavirus outbreak.

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Libya recorded on Wednesday 2,604 new cases of COVID-19, while three people were recorded to have died and 415 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).

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Ali Tarshani, the spokesman of the Libyan National Army’s Joint Security Room in Sabha, confirmed on Wednesday that forces of the LNA entered the southern city of Murzuq on Tuesday afternoon in coordination with the city’s residents.

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Laura Boldrini, a member of Italian Chamber of Deputies, has called on her country’s parliament not to human rights violations committed by the Libyan Coast Guard, following a shooting incident against migrants.

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Samuel Werberg, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said on Monday that all foreign forces must leave Libya, adding that Turkish forces are not an exception to that.

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Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar discussed on Tuesday the situation in Libya, among other issues of mutual concern during a meeting in Istanbul, according to the Turkish defense ministry.

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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias called on all foreign forces, including mercenaries, to withdraw from Libya, stressing the need to adhere to international law and international water law, especially countries that threaten others with weapons and violence.
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Director General of the Libyan Center for Mines and Remnants of War, Muhammed al-Turgoman, confirmed that the coastal road, Misrata-Sirte, is free of mines and remnants of war, noting that the coastal area still needs more surveying in the waters.
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