The residents of Libya’s oil-rich areas face the risk of their crops being polluted by the gases emitted from oil extraction operations. These areas produce millions of barrels of oil in the middle of populated areas, which not only destroys the planet but also kills Libyan crops and threatens the …
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Full parliament sessions in Ghadams pushed to 21st of December
After holding its very first unified meeting in Ghadams this last Tuesday to discuss priority issues and permanent unification of the parliament, the HoR has voted to resume sessions on the 21st of this month.
Libyan 5+5 Joint Military Commission to meet in Libya for the first time
The 5+5 Joint Military Commission will meet from 2 to 4 November for a fifth round of talks and for the first time inside Libya, in the city of Ghadames.
Six doctors kidnapped from a medical convey on the way to Ghadames
A source from the Ministry of Health has confirmed that six doctors were kidnapped from a medical convoy, while on its way to Ghadames city, north-west of Libya.
Libya Dialogue’s Ghadames meeting cancelled
Amid confusion and some recrimination, members of the Libya Dialogue have not met in Ghadames today as announced. Their gathering is understood to have been cancelled.
National reconciliation conference to take place in Nalut
Delegates from across the country have been heading to Nalut in the far western Jebel Nafusa, near the Tunisian border, for a conference on Friday on national reconciliation. A number of delegates flew in today from Tobruk to Zintan while others drove over from Tunisia.
Tunisia makes plans for refugees fleeing looming Libyan air strikes
Tunisia said on Friday that it was asking its regional authorities to work on a plan to cope with the fallout of a possible foreign military intervention in neighbouring Libya.
Tunisia closes border with Libya
Tunisia said Wednesday it is closing its border with Libya, a hotbed of violent unrest, a day after a deadly suicide bombing claimed by the ISIL group.
10 آلاف عسكري جزائري لمكافحة “الإرهاب” على حدود ليبيا
قال مصدر أمني جزائري إن قوة من الجيش قوامها 10 آلاف عسكري بدأت عملية تمشيط واسعة عبر سلسلة جبلية تقع على الحدود مع ليبيا، بحثاً عن عناصر “إرهابية”، وكذا تأمين موسم السياحة الصحراوية الذي انطلق مطلع الشهر الجاري.
Constituent Assembly in Ghadames to deliberate and vote on constitution draft
Members of the Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) arrived Monday in Ghadames to start deliberations on the constitution draft articles which have been already finalized amidst a number of boycotters from Amazigh, Tuareg and Tabu.