Libyan officer in charge of Ras Ajdir border crossing with Tunisia, Najmi Muammar, confirmed that the border has been shut to traffic by the Libyan side since Tuesday evening. In a press statement, Muammar explained that the decision was taken due to increasing cases of attacks on Libyan travellers by …
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National Safety Department eliminates unexploded artillery shells from a citizen’s house in Tripoli
The Presidential Council’s Interior Ministry said that the bomb squad of the National Safety Department had eliminated unexploded artillery shells from a citizen’s house in the Airport Road district in Tripoli. The squad moved to the site after receiving a report of the existence of objects suspected of being explosives. …
Saiqa Force of ICC fugitive Al-Werfalli takes over Benghazi Port
Saiqa Force has taken control of Benghazi’s port and stationed in several points in its vicinity, according to sources from the city. The sources revealed that the forces securing the port withdrew from their posts after receiving information of an impending attack on the port, which made it easy for …
Libya’s recognized NOC resumes oil production, export
CAIRO – 11 July 2018: Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan National Army commander, ordered the resume of exporting oil after the liberation of the oil ports from terrorist militias, according to media reports. Haftar handed back the control of the oil ports to Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, ending …
President of the European Parliament seeks to attract economic and reconstruction developers to Libya
The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, has called for organizing a working day to support investment in Libya on October the 10th in Brussels. The Italian news agency Aki reported on Tuesday that Tajani seeks through this invitation to bring together all international and European parties interested in …
Tripoli Security Directorate calls on pupils and parents to adhere to security plan for exams
The Security Directorate of Tripoli revealed their security plan to ensure the safe conduct of examinations of the secondary certificate in the city, which are due to begin next Saturday. In a statement published on its account on Facebook, Tuesday, the Directorate confirmed that the plan will be carried out …
French Ambassador ends her term in Libya with a visit to PC headquarters
The Chairman of the Presidential Council (PC), Fayez Sarraj received the French Ambassador to Libya Brigitte Curmi on Tuesday at the headquarters of the PC in Tripoli. A statement by the Information Office of Sarraj said that the visit of the French Ambassador, which ended her official term in Libya, …
Italian Foreign Minister says no foreign power should decide when Libya holds elections
The Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said on Tuesday “It is the Libyan people and their broader institutions that will decide when the country should hold elections”. At a foreign committee meeting, Milanesi added that no conference or foreign power will decide the date of Libya’s elections. He stressed …
LEAKED: ICC fugitive Al-Werfalli is carrying out military arrest operations
A leaked call from a handheld transceiver for the commander of frontlines at Saiqa Force of the self-styled army in east Libya, Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, was posted on social media on Tuesday in which he was vowing to apprehend the Chief of Military Investment Authority Al-Madani Al-Fakhri, whom he accused of …
UNHCR to open transit centre in Tripoli
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that it is about to open a transit centre for migrants and refugees in Tripoli with a capacity of 1000 people to facilitate evacuations and resettlement in other countries. The UNHCR Special Representative to Libya Roberto Mignone clarified that more than …