The status quo in Libya is not sustainable, and it carries risks for the stability of the country, said Nicolas de Rivière, France Ambassador to the U.N. on Monday.
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Armed groups loyal to Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh have 12 hours to leave Tripoli’s International Airport as per the orders of the Turkish military mission present in the capital, a source close to the leader of the Turkish mission tells The Libya Update.
Chairman of the Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, was briefed on Monday by Lieutenant-General Muhammad Al-Haddad on the security situation in the capital following three days of clashes between armed groups, according to a statement by the council.
The Japanese embassy is to resume its work from Tripoli soon. The revelation came during yesterday’s meeting between Libya’s Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, and the Japanese Chargé d’Affaires, Masaki Amadera in Tripoli.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, premier of the Tripoli-based government, paid a visit on Saturday to several individuals who were wounded during the violent clashes that erupted the capital since last Thursday, according to a statement by the government.
16 people were killed and 52 wounded in violent clashes which erupted last Thursday between two armed groups in Tripoli, announced the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Three people were killed and two wounded in armed clashes between two armed groups Tripoli, an official said on Friday.
UN Support Mission in Libyan UNSMIL’s Human Rights and Rule of Law team met with the Abu Salim victims’ association Wednesday “to discuss victim-centered transitional justice measures and national calls for accountability for the 1996 mass killing of more than 1,200 detainees in Abu Salim prison in Tripoli,” according to UNSMIL.
Chief of General Staff in the Libyan Western Region, Lieutenant-General Mohamed al-Haddad, and Chief of General Staff in the Eastern Region, Lieutenant-General Abdel Razek al-Nadori, said that the two-day meetings in Tripoli came with approval of the country’s political authorities.
UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the meeting of the Libyan military commanders in the East and West in Tripoli on 18 and 19 July.