Following Friday’s Tripoli militia clashes, state recognized militias clashed briefly in Misrata yesterday to add to tensions in western Libya. The Joint Operations Force (JOF), aligned to caretaker Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, came under gunfire at an unofficial roadblock at the western entrance of Misrata yesterday. Heightened tensions demonstrate the urgent necessity for electionsCommenting on the Misrata clashes, U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland said yesterday: “Today’s clashes in Misrata demonstrate the dangerous prospect that the recent violence will escalate. Libya is still a militia dominated state – states that are recognized and subsidised by the rentier state’s oil money.

July 24, 2022 10:20 UTC

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July 24, 2022 09:26 UTC

The widow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appealed a decision by a Malta court ordering Bank of Valletta to return to Libya over €96 million deposited by Gaddafi's late son Mutassim. Libya’s claims were opposed by Safia Farkash Gaddafi, the 69-year-old widow now living in Oman with sons Hannibal and Mohammad, and daughter Aisha. Oikonomopoulos insisted that Gaddafi’s Malta cash were his private funds and not government monies. “These funds were private funds, having nothing to do with the Libyan state.”Oikonomopoulos was assisted by lawyer Louis Cassar Pullicino. Lawyer Simon Micallef Stafrace was nominated by the courts to act as deputy curator on behalf of the unknown heirs of Muatassin Gaddafi.

July 24, 2022 06:48 UTC

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak, the strongest call to action by the agency. Although cases are occasionally identified in countries where the virus is not endemic, the latest outbreak has been unprecedented. "For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern." Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci recently said that the cases seen in Europe were self-limiting, with minor rashes and requiring no hospital admission. This is the seventh public health emergency declaration made by the WHO since 2009, with the most recent being COVID-19.

July 24, 2022 06:45 UTC

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July 24, 2022 06:00 UTC





The future of Libya is uncertain. The country has been through two civil wars in the past decade. Many are concerned that a third one is on the horizon as two rival governments continue tocampaign for power, which has led to another six-month delay to Libyan elections. How did Libya get here, and what is the situation today for a country so consumed by chaos?

July 24, 2022 05:26 UTC

TRIPOLI: At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said on Saturday, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital. The fighting began on Thursday night and extended into Friday afternoon. The clashes were between two armed groups with major clout in the west of the war-torn country: the Al-Radaa force and the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade. Several sources said one group´s detention of a fighter belonging to the other had sparked the fighting, which extended to several districts of the capital. "All the wounded received medical care in hospitals" in Tripoli, the health ministry said in a statement.

July 24, 2022 02:34 UTC

(VOA)Fighting between rival militias in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which tailed off late Friday, have left a confusing political situation as two rival governments continue to lock horns, and political leaders flex their muscles to control more territory and determine who is more powerful. Libyan media claimed that a militia loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh gained ground in the fighting over a rival militia, which supports the ruling presidential council in Tripoli. The three-man presidential council ordered a Libyan army unit, the 444 Brigade, to deploy in parts of Tripoli after the fighting subsided. The new head of the Libyan National Oil Company indicated at a press conference Friday the country was now producing 650,000 barrels of oil per day. U.N. Special envoy Stephanie Williams was shown meeting with Presidential Council leader Khaled al Meshri.

July 23, 2022 21:31 UTC

The Libyan Ministry of Health said that the number of deaths following Tripoli clashes that took place on Thursday and Friday reached 16 people and injuries reached 52. The Ministry of Health said that all of the injured people are receiving medical treatment in public sector hospitals in Tripoli. Tripoli saw heavy clashes between Special Deterrence Force (SDF) and Presidential Security Guard because the latter attacked an SDF senior leader named Essam Harous. The Presidential Council, as the Chief Commander of the Army, assigned the Chief of General Staff of Libyan Army, Mohammed Al-Haddad, and the temporary Minister of Interior Badr Al-Toumi to supervise and follow up the ceasefire in Tripoli. Uneasy calm has prevailed in clashes' areas amid mobilizations from different sides, those which clashed Thursday and others.

July 23, 2022 20:09 UTC

Violence between rival militias in Libya's capital Tripoli has killed at least 13 people, including a 12-year-old child and wounded 30 others. The two competing militias are involved in a months-long political battle, leading to several clashes. Libya's transition to an elected government fell through last year after an interim government failed to hold polls. Indraneel Sen / 11:29 pm on short byon

July 23, 2022 18:17 UTC

Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, premier of the Tripoli-based government, paid a visit on Saturday to several individuals who were wounded during the violent clashes that erupted the capital since last Thursday, according to a statement by the government. Dbeibeh’s government did not disclose the name of the hospital which the premier visited nor did it disclose whether those individuals are civilians or fighters. However, it announced that Dbeibeh ordered to have the treatment expenses of all wounded be covered by the government even if some patients’ conditions required hospitalization abroad. The 63-year-old leader also ordered compensations for civilians who endured damages as result of the clashes. The Ministry of Health reported earlier today that 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in the recent wave of violence that struck the capital.

July 23, 2022 17:59 UTC

UN Special Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said Friday fighting between armed groups in Tripoli “must stop now, civilians must be protected and perpetrators held accountable.”“I am outraged about the violence that erupted in Tripoli Thursday night, which killed and injured multiple people, including women and children at a wedding celebration,” Williams tweeted.

July 23, 2022 13:08 UTC

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday expressed concern about clashes that took place between two armed groups in the capital Tripoli. “UNSMIL has received reports of civilian casualties as a result of clashes between two armed groups in Tripoli on Thursday night,” UNSMIL said in a statement. According to local media reports, clashes erupted on Thursday between rival armed groups in central Tripoli, killing at least 10 people and injuring 30 others. The Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli has suspended all flights due to the clashes. Libya has been suffering violence and unrest ever since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011.

July 23, 2022 12:30 UTC

Rival forces allied to the two main sides in a political standoff over control of the Libyan government have mobilised in the city in recent day. (File/Reuters)ReutersTRIPOLI: Armed clashes erupted on Saturday on the outskirts of the Libyan city of Misrata between rival factions near the junction of the main coastal highway leading to Tripoli. Rival forces allied to the two main sides in a political standoff over control of the Libyan government have mobilised in the city in recent days, according to residents.

July 23, 2022 11:38 UTC

Abbas held discussions with US President Joe Biden in Bethlehem on July 15 and then spoke to President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on July 20. General disappointment with the outcome of the Biden talks saw the Palestinian leadership turn its attention toward the EU. During his meeting with Abbas, Biden reportedly said that the conditions were not currently suitable to relaunch the Palestine-Israel peace process. As a result, he failed to propose any plan to end the Israeli occupation and took no position on the matter of the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The Israeli settlements occupy ​​201 square kilometers (3.6 percent of the occupied West Bank) and are inhabited by around 700,000 Israeli settlers.

July 23, 2022 11:27 UTC