BANGKOK, 3 October 2023: Centara West Bay Hotel & Residences Doha partnered with Red Crescent Qatar to extend vital assistance to the earthquake and flood-affected regions of Morocco and Libya. To facilitate this initiative and engage its community, Centara West Bay Hotel placed donation boxes at the hotel. Centara West Bay Hotel & Residences Doha, General Manager Sean Spinks expressed his pride in the hotel’s ongoing collaboration with Red Crescent Qatar and organisations to support the community and enhance corporate social responsibility. He remarked: “Centara West Bay has taken steps to support Morocco and Libya during their time of need. Centara’s portfolio comprises six brands – Centara Reserve, Centara Boutique Collection, Centara Grand, Centara, Centra by Centara and COSI Hotels.

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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s General Directorate of Internal Security Forces announced on Monday that they had arrested two Syrian nationals, aged 48 and 52, on suspicion of people smuggling. The suspects had been accused of smuggling people of various nationalities from Libya to Europe via boats. The suspects were operating in coordination with people of Lebanese nationality in the Wadi Khaled region in northern Lebanon, on the border with Syria. They also reportedly admitted that hundreds of people were smuggled by sea from Libya to Italy and Greece using boats. The Lebanese army has announced a series of security operations over the past two years that have resulted in the arrest of Daesh-affiliated armed cells preparing to implement terrorist plots inside Lebanon.

Heavy rainfall in Libya’s south-western city of Ubari has led to the collapse of several houses, according to its mayor on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. “Schools were suspended in a number of areas in the city,” Ahmed Matko told Anadolu. He said a number of people were injured in the rains that hit the city on Sunday, without giving an exact figure. “Power went off in the city since Sunday as some power plants went out of service due to the rains,” Matko said. Derna was hardest hit by the deadly floods, causing the city’s dams to burst, washing away homes and people.

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A fund-raising event set up to help the reconstruction of areas hit hardest by deadly floods in eastern Libya has been postponed, officials said, citing “logistical reasons”. The decision to delay the event was reached after requests by mayors of impacted areas and business owners who had expressed their interest in attending, the Supreme Preparatory Committee's head Saqr Al Jibani said. On Friday, the US called on Libyans to set aside their differences to allow aid to flow more easily to the impacted areas in the east. Terrible consequencesEarlier, UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said the impact of Storm Daniel would have been minimised under a unified Libyan government. A man clears mud from his pharmacy, which was affected by the fatal floods in Derna, Libya.

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(AFP)There is disagreement among experts over why the Middle East appears to suffer from especially poor air quality. Depending on levels of air pollution, people’s lives can be impacted in various ways. Furthermore, cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke, have been linked to air pollution exposure. • 60 Average number of days a MENA resident reports sick in their lifetime due to exposure to elevated air pollution levels. To address the issue of clean air, the UAE has launched the National Air Quality Agenda 2031 — a comprehensive plan to monitor and manage air quality across the country, providing real-time data in the country.

The Ministry of Education in Libya’s Government of National Unity yesterday announced the resumption of education in 15 municipalities that were severely affected by floods that swept the country on 10 September. Students from the city of Derna, which was most affected by the floods, have been directed to educational institutions in the towns of Karsa, Martubah and Ain Mara, it added. Last week, the Government of National Unity in Libya announced that 95 per cent of educational institutions in the eastern part of the country were affected by the floods, with 114 schools damaged. Mediterranean Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya on 10 September, leading to floods in several cities, including Benghazi, Bayda, Al Marj, Soussa, and Derna, resulting in massive destruction to infrastructure and a significant loss of life. READ: Libya: 4 new officials in detention due to floods

The PeninsulaDoha, Qatar: In continuation of the Qatari air bridge to help flood victims of Libya, the ninth and tenth planes arrived today at Benina International Airport in Benghazi. The planes carrying on board 65 tonnes of humanitarian and relief aid as an emergency response to the current humanitarian situation in Libya. The aid included shelter supplies, food and relief materials, and medical materials provided by the Qatar Fund for Development, the Qatar Red Crescent, and the Permanent Committee for Rescue, Relief and Humanitarian Aid in the affected areas in sisterly and friendly countries. The State of Qatar affirmed its full solidarity with the State of Libya and its standing by its brotherly people in the face of the flood disaster and torrents.

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On Friday, Burhan visited the Atbara artillery base, north of Khartoum in the River Nile state, where he met with local officers. On April 15, heavy fighting erupted between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Response Forces (RSF) in Khartoum after weeks of tensions building between the two sides. This army is the army of the fatherland and there is no side or party that has power over it," Burhan stressed. Last Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on two companies, including one based in Russia, in addition to Karti, accusing them of deepening instability in Sudan. Armed clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF had resumed on Saturday in several areas of Khartoum.

Lebanese security forces said Monday they had arrested two Syrian nationals previously based in Libya who were involved in smuggling people from the North African country to Europe. The men were arrested in Lebanon's east, an area near the Syrian border, after they entered the country irregularly, Lebanon's Internal Security Forces said in a statement. The pair were part of a network that smuggled "hundreds" of people including "Syrians, Lebanese, Egyptians, Palestinians" and others of unspecified African nationalities from Libya to Europe by boat, the statement added. Lebanese nationals have increasingly been making the treacherous voyage towards Europe alongside Syrians fleeing war and economic woes in their country, as well as Palestinian refugees. Migrants seeking to reach Europe from Lebanon generally head for the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus less than 200 kilometres (124 miles) away.

SINGAPORE – Local charity Rahmatan Lil Alamin Foundation (RLAF), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is calling for donations to support the needs of those affected by the floods in Libya. “This includes shelter and basic needs (or) core-relief items, medical supplies and equipment as well as protection interventions such as psychosocial support,” RLAF said in a statement on Monday. Those who wish to donate via PayNow can key in RLAF’s UEN 200910530ZRLA and indicate “LIBYAFLOODS” in the remarks. Donors can also issue a cheque payable to RLAF and state on its back their name and contact number, and indicate “Libya Floods 2023”. All collections will be channelled through the UNHCR, which has been operational in Libya since 1991 to deliver aid to affected communities.

Rival governments in Libya impact the recovery from devastating floodsPeople in eastern Libya are still reckoning with the aftermath of last month's floodwaters that washed out to sea the heart of the city of Derna, and killed thousands. The country is divided, ruled by rival governments, and that has also impacted the recovery. NPR's Aya Batrawy is in eastern Libya. And the UAE and Egypt both want to see a stable eastern Libya and they support the military strongman here, who actually was just in Russia last week meeting with Vladimir Putin. MARTÍNEZ: That's Aya Batrawy in eastern Libya.