The Libyan Crimes Watch (LCW) has reported the death of eight people, including seven children, during December as a result of the explosion of landmines planted in Tripoli.

A group of Libyan parliamentarians paid an official visit to Turkey Dec. 15, meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the parliament speaker. The seven-member group, headed by Libya’s deputy parliament Speaker Fawzi al-Nuwairi, arrived in Ankara for the two-day visit invited by the Turkish parliament’s Libyan-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group. …

The Maltese Foreign Minister, Evarist Bartolo, urged for the change of immigration policies and dealing with Libya away from the colonial mentality, calling for sitting with Libyan officials to discuss the issue.

The Ministry of Interior convened on Wednesday a meeting to discuss a proposal submitted by the Human Rights Office regarding the establishment of a female police squad to deal with immigrant women.

The Libyan Interior Minister, Khalid Mazen, discussed Tuesday with the members of 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), including Ahmed Abu Shahma, the latest developments of the security arrangements of the coastal road.

After weeks of uncertainty, Libya’s electoral commission recently suggested the elections be pushed back by a month to 24 January, owing to a lack of preparation and disagreements between different political forces on the legal basis of the poll.

Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that his country is working with the legitimate government in Libya and wants a comprehensive solution for the Libyan crisis.

The military court in Tripoli has sentenced Mesbah Al-Sharif, a member of the Al-Kaniyat militia, to six and a half years in prison on charges of the premeditated murder of six people in Tarhuna.

Libyan authorities yesterday reopened the Academy of Maritime Studies, ten years after closing, Anadolu reported.

The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) has called for lifting the siege on the oil and gas fields without conditions.