TRIPOLI – A burnt-out lorry smouldered on the edge of an empty roundabout in the central Tripoli district of Fashloom where masked men in military uniforms patrol the burned tarmac with Kalashnikovs and vehicles mounted with Soviet-era anti-aircraft weapons.
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Libya's Tripoli divided and battered after crackdowns
TRIPOLI – A burnt-out lorry smouldered on the edge of an empty roundabout in the central Tripoli district of Fashloom where masked men in military uniforms patrol the burned tarmac with Kalashnikovs and vehicles mounted with Soviet-era anti-aircraft weapons.
I did not choose my government, ministers were forced on me: Thinni
The reasons for the weakness of the performance of the Libyan government are clear and everybody knows that I did not choose my ministers, admitted Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni.
HoR Audit Bureau freezes Interior Ministry bank accounts
The Audit Bureau, based in the eastern city of Al-Beida and recognized by the House of Representatives (HoR), has frozen all the bank accounts of Prime Minister Thinni’s Interior Ministry until further notice.
2,000 Libyan policemen arrive in Cairo for training
Libyan Interior Minister Colonel Ahmed Barka has welcomed the arrival of 2,000 Libyan trainees at the Egyptian Police Academy in Cairo.
HoR orders Thinni to reinstate suspended Interior Minister Sinki
The House of Representatives (HoR) has instructed Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni to reinstate the suspended Interior Minister Omar Al-Sinki.
Protesting airport guards stop Libyan PM boarding plane
Airport guards stopped Libya’s Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni from boarding a plane to Tunis because they were against his choice of interior minister, officials told Reuters.
HoR will not appoint Hafter Supreme Commander of Armed Forces – Mosab Al-Abed
Mosab Al-Abed, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Defence and National Security Committee, told Libya Herald that the House was not about to appoint Khalifa Hafter the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
Interior Minister Sinki still suspended and under investigation: HoR
Minister of Interior Omar Al-Sinki is still suspended from his duties and is under investigation by the House of Representatives National Security Committee, contrary to media reports of his reinstatement.
Libya Interior Minister Sacked
Al-Baida, Libya— The Libyan Interim Government announced on Tuesday that it replaces the Interior Minister Omar al-Semki who has been on the job for less than four months.