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OPEC’s crude oil production fell by an average of 744,000 barrels per day, according to OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report released on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s November production fell by the most among its members, by 404,000 bpd, to 10.474 million bpd—Saudi Arabia’s lowest monthly average since May 2022. Overall, OPEC’s average production for November fell to 28.826 million bpd—the lowest average production level since June. Earlier this week, Libya’s oil minister said its oil production was 1.2 million bpd. While OPEC saw its overall crude production fall, non-OPEC liquids production, according to OPEC’s latest report, increased month on month in November by 800,000 bpd to 72.7 million bpd.

Libyan national, Abu Agila Masud Al-Maryami, appeared before a federal court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in the Lockerbie case, and he refused to speak before the American Magistrate Judge, Robin Meriweather, before meeting with his lawyer. Prosecutor Erik Kenerson told the court the government will not be seeking the death penalty because it was not a legally available penalty at the time the crimes were committed, so the maximum sentence available will be life in prison, Reuters reported. "This action underscores the Biden Administration’s unwavering commitment to enforcing the rule of law and holding accountable those who inflict harm on Americans in acts of terrorism. Through the unrelenting efforts of the Department of Justice, Department of State, and their partners, Abu Agila Mas’ud will now face justice." She added in a statement published by the White House.

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WASHINGTON -- A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism is to appear Monday in federal court in Washington to face charges. Two other Libyan intelligence officials have been charged in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in the attack, but Mas'ud would be the first defendant to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution. The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. At the time of the announcement, Mas'ud was in Libyan custody. That affidavit said Mas'ud told Libyan law enforcement that he flew to Malta to meet al-Megrahi and Fhimah.

The abduction of a former Libyan intelligence operative accused of preparing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 and his transfer into US custody was agreed about three months ago after conversations between US government and Libyan officials, British newspaper the Guardian reported on Tuesday. The officials said Trump administration officials had been in discussions with local authorities about bringing Masud to the US to stand trial since 2019, and that these “conversations” had continued under President Joe Biden. Until six months ago, Masud was serving a 10-year sentence for crimes committed as an intelligence operative under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, who was ousted in 2011. After being abducted, Masud was transferred to a heavily armed paramilitary unit called the Joint Force in the port city of Misurata. The Guardian reported that only a small number of senior officials in Washington, mainly in the ministry of justice and the state department, were aware of the fate planned for Masud, though the CIA and the White House are thought to have been notified.

U.S. authorities have told the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government that Abu Agila Masud, a former Libyan intelligence officer suspected of being the Lockerbie bomb maker, was taken into custody “lawfully”. Masud appeared in a federal court in Washington on Monday accused of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people. “I simply repeat that Scottish prosecutors and law enforcement stand ready to afford all possible co-operation to our US partners in accordance with the rule of law,” she added. It is unclear how how the US negotiated Mr Masud’s extradition from Libya. Reports have said he was kidnapped by militia groups in Libya last month.

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12 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 4 percent of the infection rate, according to a Tuesday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said 30 have recovered during the same reporting period. The total recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya have exceeded more than 500,000 since the start of the pandemic, while over 490,000 of which have recovered, according to the NCDC. The virus has claimed the lives of 6,437 people. Over two million people received one dose of the vaccination, while more than one million others were vaccinated with two doses.

The transfer of a Libyan suspect to the United States to stand trial in the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing has stoked tensions in Libya, where some in the divided country saw the handover, under murky circumstances, as an abduction rather than an extradition. The United States said on Sunday that the F.B.I. American prosecutors say that Mr. Mas’ud delivered to accomplices the suitcase containing the bomb used in the attack. It was not immediately clear who had handed Mr. Mas’ud over to the Americans. But the possibility that a militia turned him over or that the interim government did so to shore up American support were criticized in some corners of Libya.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to write off Libya’s accumulated debts, estimated at 20 million Libyan dinars, Libya’s Ministry of Oil and Gas announced on Monday. OPEC’s Ministerial Council made the decision during its 109th meeting hosted by Kuwait, in the presence of Libya’s Oil Minister Mohamed Aoun, according to the Libyan ministry.

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ArrowRight American authorities said Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimihad been arrested and would face trial in the United States. At all.”AdvertisementTorn by civil war since 2011, Libya is divided between two rival governments, each backed by international patrons and numerous armed militias on the ground. American authorities in December 2020 announced charges against Mas’ud, who was in Libyan custody at the time. American authorities in December 2020 announced charges against Mas’ud, who was in Libyan custody at the time. That reporting cited a family statement that accused Tripoli authorities of being silent on the abduction.

The court scheduled a pre-trial detention hearing on December 27 to give Mas’ud time to retain counsel. Lockerbie bombing suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, seated in green, appeared in federal court in Washington, DC, on Monday, December 12. “It’s a tremendous amount of satisfaction,” she said of being at the court for Mas’ud’s initial appearance. The US charged Mas’ud for his alleged involvement in the bombing two years ago, a spokesman for the UK Crown Office and Prosecutor Fiscal Service previously told CNN. Megrahi was sentenced in 2001 to 27 years in prison, but was released from prison after being diagnosed with cancer.

CAIRO – 13 December 2022: Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Abdoulaye Bathily voiced Sunday his full support to the initiative, launched by the Presidential Council to overcome the political deadlock and reach national consensus in Libya. This came during a phone call made by Bathily to Libyan Presidential Council Head Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi, in which they probed the latest developments in the country. Bathily urged all the Libyan political factions to quickly respond to the presidential initiative in order to reach a comprehensive national consensus to resolve the Libyan crisis and hold parliamentary and presidential elections in the country. US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland stressed that the vast majority of the international community, including the United States, supports a Libyan-led solution. In another tweet, the US envoy said "The United States supports UNSMIL's efforts to have Libyan leaders meet in Libya to make crucial decisions for the stability and prosperity of Libyans.