A new study has shed light on the predatory, exploitative practices involved in the recruitment of Syrian mercenaries by foreign powers, including Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan.

In Libya’s Bani Walid, flags of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi still fly in some places and streets are ragged with neglect, but its residents have new hope for their town and country.

The Deputy Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi, said Libya needed to reevaluate its international relations, drawing a fine line between countries that supported the building of the civil state and those that supported oppression and marginalization.

A United Nations report published yesterday holds the European Union at least partially responsible for the death of thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea in recent years, Anadolu has reported. The EU is accused of obstructing rescue efforts and deliberately pushing migrants back.

The Interior Ministry announced on an agreement reached with the EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) to draft and adopt a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU).

The UN envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis, has called on the High Council of State (HCS) and the House of Representatives (HoR) to consult without delay about the constitutional basis for the December elections, outlining some negative issues raised in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s (LPDF) virtual meeting.

Libya and Italy are preparing to sign an agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons from both countries.

Dr. Mohamed Al-Menfi, Head of the Presidential Council, met with Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and Chad’s Transitional Military Council President Mahamat Idriss Déby on the sidelines of the Chad Basin’s extraordinary summit of heads of state and government in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.

Abdelhamid Dabeiba, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, met with Germany’s Ambassador to Libya, Oliver Owcza, in the presence of Foreign Minister Njala Al-Mangoush.

In his opening remarks to today’s opening of the two-day Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) virtual session, UNSMIL head Jan Kubis warned that any acts under any pretext obstructing the timely holding of the 24 December elections would be unacceptable to the Libyan people and the international community.