MISRATAH, Libya: A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 terrorists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Moamer Qadhafi´s fall, AFP journalists in the court said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS jihadists to be tried and sentenced. Thirteen other accused were sentenced to life in prison, after the trial that began last August in the western city of Misrata, the AFP journalists said. The accused were Palestinian, Sudanese and Libyan. All had been in custody since December 2016 and were convicted of joining a terrorist group, as well as murder.

People smugglers have increasingly packed migrants and refugees into old and dangerous fishing vessels that set out from Libya to Italy or Malta. AdvertisementDespite repeated requests for help sent to Maltese authorities, the migrants were reportedly taken back to Benghazi in eastern Libya three days later, Alarm Phone said, citing relatives of the migrants. The U.N. agencies could not immediately confirm it was the same group of migrants reported by Alarm Phone. Separately, eastern Libyan forces said over the weekend they had intercepted a large vessel carrying more than 800 migrants, including entire families and children. Alarm Phone said it was contacted by relatives of some of the intercepted migrants Friday to denounce their detention in Benghazi.

Pope Tawadros II gives belongings of Coptic Christian Martyrs who were killed by ISIS in Libya to Pope Francis during the first’s visit to Rome on May 11- photo from Pope Francis’ Twitter account. Then in the new millennium, Pope John Paul II visited Egypt in an unprecedented pilgrimage. During his visit, Pope Tawadros II conducted medical checks in Austria, adding that were reassuring. The Pope said that he invited the Pope of the Vatican to visit Egypt and Pope Francis promised to think of this invitation. Pope Francis visited Egypt on April 28 and 29, 2017, at an invitation by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

A court in Libya's Misrata has sentenced 23 members of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) to death, while 14 others have been sentenced to life imprisonment, local media reported on MondayTUNIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 29th May, 2023) A court in Libya's Misrata has sentenced 23 members of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) to death, while 14 others have been sentenced to life imprisonment, local media reported on Monday. Some of the defendants came to Libya from Syria, Tunisia and Sudan, the Al Wasat newspaper reported, adding that all of the terrorists had been arrested at the end of 2016 as a result of an operation by international coalition forces. The IS is a militant Islamist group that operated mainly in Syria and Iraq. From 2014 to 2019, it was almost completely defeated by the international military coalition led by the United States, as well as Russia. In 2021, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that after the IS was eradicated in Syria and Iraq, the remnants of the group moved to other countries, including Libya.

MISRATAH, Libya — A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 jihadists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, AFP journalists in the court said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS jihadists to be tried and sentenced. All had been in custody since December 2016 and were convicted of joining a terrorist group, as well as murder. The suspects appeared in the dock clad in blue prison overalls, bearded, and with shaven heads. “As lawyers for the victims’ families, we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just,” Mohaychem said.

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People smugglers have increasingly packed migrants and refugees into old and dangerous fishing vessels that set out from Libya to Italy or Malta. AdvertisementDespite repeated requests for help sent to Maltese authorities, the migrants were reportedly taken back to Benghazi in eastern Libya three days later, Alarm Phone said, citing relatives of the migrants. The UN agencies could not immediately confirm it was the same group of migrants reported by Alarm Phone. Separately, eastern Libyan forces said over the weekend they had intercepted a large vessel carrying over 800 migrants, including entire families and children. AdvertisementAlarm Phone said it was contacted by relatives of some of the intercepted migrants on May 26 to denounce their detention in Benghazi.

Jihadists accused of being members of the Islamic State (IS) group sit in the defendant booth during their trial, in the northwestern Libyan city of Misrata on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)AFPMisratah, Libya: A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 jihadists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Moamer Kadhafi's fall, AFP journalists in the court said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS jihadists to be tried and sentenced. "As lawyers for the victims' families we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just," Mohaychem said. "The court sentenced those whose guilt was demonstrated and acquitted those against whom there was insufficient evidence."

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015. Islamic State's Libyan branch was one of the militant group's strongest outside its original territory in Iraq and Syria, taking advantage of the chaos and warfare that followed a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. "My son is missing and my relative, my brother-in-law, was murdered in Sirte Square," he said. Speaking in court on Monday, Fawzia Arhuma said she welcomed the death sentences after her son was killed by the group at a power station near Sirte. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

CAIRO — A Libyan court Monday sentenced 23 suspected Islamic State group militants to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians. The court sentenced nine defendants to between three and 12 years in prison. The Islamic State and other extremist groups exploited the chaos that engulfed Libya after the 2011 uprising that toppled and later killed longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. The militants were eventually expelled from Sirte in December 2016 by forces fighting for the former U.N.-backed Government of National Accord. Hundreds of alleged former Islamic State fighters remain incarcerated in Libyan prisons, many of whom are awaiting trial.

The Minister of Education, Musa Al-Maqrif, and the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Libya, Michelle Servadi, signed a cooperation agreement to develop the education sector and train teachers. According to the Government of National Unity, the agreement includes improving the educational environment, digital transformation, and catch-up education, to ensure that students receive an appropriate education of comprehensive quality for all without interruption.

Can Sudan ceasefire renewal bring end to conflict? JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: The situation in Sudan was under international scrutiny all last week after Saudi Arabia and the US mediated a ceasefire on May 22 following five weeks of fighting. The deal, and the talks leading up to it, aimed to address issues such as ceasefire violations, humanitarian access, and military reform. While the RSF has expressed its willingness to discuss a truce renewal, there has been no clear statement from its adversary. Akol Miyen Kuol, a regional expert based in South Sudan, told Arab News that achieving a permanent ceasefire should be the top priority of negotiators.

Turkish Ambassador in Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, has denied that his country was involved in the security operation launched by the Government of National Unity in western Libya in the past few days. This is according to a statement by the Presidential Council whose deputy chairman Abdullah Al-Lafi met with Yilmaz on Sunday to discuss “bilateral relations between the two countries and a series of issues of common interest,” according to the council’s statement. During the meeting, Al-Lafi underlined “the importance of the partnership between Libya and Turkey, reiterating their commitment to strengthen economic relations and to open horizons of cooperation in various other fields.”

Calm has returned in some neighborhoods of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which had been the scene of clashes between the member units of the Special Deterrence Forces (RADA) and the 444 Brigade. The clashes, which also spread to the streets of Ain Zara and Salah Al-Din neighborhoods, ended shortly before an agreement was reached on the withdrawal of all military vehicles and armored vehicles of the two armed groups. The violence reportedly broken out after tensions between the two sides, against the backdrop of the kidnapping of one of the leaders of the 444th Brigade yesterday morning near the port of Tripoli.

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) says it is continuing to implement its plans to modernize power stations in all cities by providing equipment and spare parts to raise production efficiency and performance and improve its production capabilities. Speaking exclusively to Libya Herald, GECOL spokesperson, Wiam al-Taeb, said shipments of electrical equipment and spare parts arrived Sunday at the company’s warehouses through Tripoli seaport. Adding that three shipments supplied by Turkey’s Calik Company, including boiler burners for gas heating, arrived for the Zueitina power station. Implementation of strategic maintenance planAl-Taeb indicated the continuation of the implementation of the strategic plan for the maintenance of power stations spread across several cities. He said the capacity of Libyan power plants will reach approximately 11,000 megawatts of total generation capacity this summer.