The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) and the Interior Ministry discussed Tuesday a general plan to secure the upcoming elections.

The ex-Minister of Interior in the previous Government of National Accord in Libya, Fathi Bashagha, hailed on Twitter the Russian rejection to lifting the United Nations arms embargo on Libya before presidential elections.

The Government of National Unity’s Minister of Interior, Brigadier General Khalid Mazen, in the Turkish capital Ankara, on Monday met with the Turkish Minister of Interior, Suleiman Sowelu, on the sidelines of the first meeting of the Libyan -Turkish Council for High-Level Strategic Cooperation.

Chief Prosecutor of Northern Tripoli, Omar Fakini on Monday confirmed that the Interior Minister’s convoy that was traveling down the highway west of Tripoli on the 21st of February did not come under attack.

Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Monday he escaped a “well-planned” assassination attempt on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports.

The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Defence, Salah Namroush yesterday announced that he had put measures in place to secure Tripoli after the alleged assassination attempt on Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha.

Libya’s Tripoli Interior Minister, Fathi Bashagha, survived an attack on his motorcade in Tripoli today. He was on his way home in the western outskirt of Janzur.

The Tripoli Interior Ministry reported 353 cases of premeditated murder, 242 kidnappings and 2,346 other crimes in 2020. It says the figures are for the whole of Libya.

The first batch of militias started their first training course yesterday at its Higher Officers Institute, the Tripoli Interior Ministry reported yesterday.

The Tripoli based Interior Ministry sent a strong force on Sunday into Tarhuna to reimpose security after disorder and attacks on property.