NATO air strikes in Libya did not cause 'half a million civilian casualties' in 2011
While the United Nations and rights groups say the NATO air strikes led to civilian deaths, the number is far lower than the half a million alleged by the posts. A UN investigation found NATO air strikes killed 60 civilians and separate reports by rights organisations indicate there were dozens of civilian deaths. "NATO launched more than 10,000 air raids on Libya in 2011 with over 500,000 civilian casualties," reads a simplified Chinese tweet posted on October 10, 2022. "When they were questioned about civilian casualties they insisted that it was collateral damage and that it happens in wars," the post adds. Responding to the claim that there were 500,000 civilian casualties, a NATO official told AFP: "This is completely bogus."
Source:Libya Today
October 18, 2022 04:41 UTC
Turkey's ambassador: MoU with Libya is based on a win-win principle
Turkey's ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, has said that the Libyan-Turkish memorandum of understanding (MoU) in hydrocarbons and energy is based on a win-win principle. The Turkish ambassador told Libya Al-Ahrar TV Channel that this and other MoUs between Ankara and Tripoli haven’t targeted the interests of any other country, reiterating that the countries which are criticizing Turkey's MoUs with Libya have previously signed similar ones with Tripoli. Yilmaz added that Ankara had never questioned those agreements and reiterated that when the eastern region looks into the details of the MoUs between Libya and Turkey, it won’t reject them because the agreements clearly maintain the interests of Libya and the Libyan people. Speaking about the Turkish consulate’s opening in Benghazi, Yilmaz said it could happen on the scheduled time (December 24) if the east-based authorities finish the required preparations. Yilmaz also said that lifting visa on Libyans traveling to Turkey is still hindered by some challenges but he hoped this could happen soon, adding that some Turkish firms are resuming work in Libya on projects suspended since 2011.
Source:Libya Observer
October 18, 2022 02:06 UTC
New school year started
The school year 2022-2023 has started for all educational stages throughout the country, according to the school dates issued by the Minister of Education’s decision No. 1442 of 2022. The Ministry of Education of the Government of National Unity announced that the number of newly registered first graders reached 173,700, and the number of all basic education students reached 1,000,420 students, while the number of secondary education students reached 318,939 students. The Ministry of Education confirmed that the number of public and private educational institutions inside and outside the country reached 6,488.
Source:Libya Observer
October 17, 2022 19:31 UTC
US tells Dbeibeh his government doesn’t have indefinite legitimacy
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the outgoing prime minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, was given “clear” message by the United States that his government does not have “indefinite legitimacy”, said U.S. diplomat. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf said her country’s “end game” for the political deadlock in Libya is “getting the 3 million who registered to vote the opportunity to elect a unified government for the first time in a decade.”“We were clear with Dbeibeh that we don’t view his government as having indefinite legitimacy and that he must actively be part of the UN-facilitated process,” she told Egyptian news website Mada in an interview that was published on Sunday. Despite this, Leaf explained that the U.S. does not share the same position as Egypt’s, which supports the rival Libyan premier Fathi Bashagha who was designated by the House of Representatives after it ousted Dbeibeh. Nevertheless, the American diplomat believes that the U.S. “will find a way to leverage” its “different views” with the Egyptians. “I told Egyptian officials that we see a responsibility to get as many of us, the foreign countries that have an interest in Libya, aligned so that [special representative for the secretary general in Libya Abdoulaye] Bathily can do his work without the interference of Libyans bringing one of their foreign benefactors or of foreign governments intruding for an agenda that doesn’t align with what Abdoulaye is trying to achieve,” Leaf said
Source:Libya Today
October 17, 2022 13:45 UTC
The Welcome Backs South Korea’s Metaverse Plans
The CEO spoke about her company’s role in facilitating the growth and expansion of South Korea’s metaverse tech firms and the nation’s prospects for developing an extended reality (XR) ecosystem. XR Today: How does The Welcome facilitate networking for businesses, industries, and leaders as South Korea collaborates on its metaverse plans? XR Today: Which South Korean companies are the most active in building the Metaverse, and with which technologies? This will provide support so that high-quality metaverse companies can help form South Korea’s future metaverse ecosystem. XR Today: What efforts has the Korean government made to build South Korea’s metaverse ecosystem?
Source:Libya Today
October 17, 2022 11:45 UTC
Turkey hopes to open Benghazi consulate in December, says ambassador
Turkey anticipates to open its consulate in Benghazi on December 24 if authorities in eastern Libya provides the conditions for that, Turkish ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz told the press on Sunday. Yilmaz also revealed that there are “some obstacles that impede lifting the visa restrictions for Libyans now, and we hope that they will be lifted soon.”Commenting on the Turkish-Libyan hydrocarbons deal signed recently in Tripoli, the diplomat affirmed that the deal “does not target the interests of any other country”. He also maintained that “the agreement will not be subject to political blackmail.”The deal sparked wide controversy and angered Libyan and international actors who deemed the agreement as “illegal”. Libya’s east-based parliament have quickly rejected deal, declaring that the Tripoli-based transitional government, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is unauthorized to broker long-term agreements with international parties since its mandate had expired. “When the political parties in eastern Libya look at the texts of the memorandum in detail, they will not reject it because it is in the interest of Libya and the Libyans,” Yilmaz said.
Source:Libya Today
October 17, 2022 10:02 UTC
Libya, Serbia sign agreement on capacity-building for Libyan diplomatic staff
Libya and Serbia have signed on Monday a memorandum of cooperation between the Serbian Diplomatic Academy and the Libyan Institute of Diplomatic Studies in order to enhance the capacity of Libyan diplomatic cadres, according to a statement by the Tripoli-based foreign ministryOverseeing this cooperation is Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and her Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic. The two diplomats held talks in Belgrade, discussing a variety of issues from economic trade to potential reopening of the Serbian embassy in Tripoli.
Source:Libya Today
October 17, 2022 08:09 UTC
ICYMI: Libya's 'Sea and the Sun' Campaign Volunteers Clean Up Beaches in Libya's City of ... - Latest Tweet by Reuters
ICYMI: Libya's 'Sea and the Sun' Campaign volunteers clean up beaches in Libya's city of Khoms at the end of every summer. People come from across the country to help out pic.twitter.com/lIxe5JWnLy— Reuters (@Reuters) October 16, 2022(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
Source:Libya Today
October 16, 2022 22:38 UTC
Foreign Ministry offers condolences to Turkey on victims of coal mine explosion
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity offered its condolences to Turkey on the victims of the coal mine explosion in the north of the country, which killed about 40 people. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that it expresses the solidarity of "the State of Libya with the Republic of Turkey as a result of the explosion at a mine in Bartin province in northern Turkey." It wished a speedy recovery for the injured, and that "the efforts of the relevant authorities be crowned with success in reaching and rescuing those trapped." Earlier on Saturday, Turkish Interior Minister, Süleyman Soylu announced that the death toll from the coal mine explosion had risen to at least 40, in an accident that occurred on Friday, the worst of its kind in years in Turkey.
Source:Libya Observer
October 16, 2022 20:30 UTC
Decoding the progress of Naya Pakistan Housing
It all started with proceedings from the parliament. The Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority (NAPHDA) was asked to provide an update on progress made by them in building 5 million low cost units (LCUs) for lower income groups. In response, a very long tabulation came to the conclusion that in four years all NAPHDA has to show for itself are 172,428 housing units in various projects throughout the country.. Except even that number is a huge stretch.
Source:Libya Today
October 16, 2022 20:00 UTC
ICYMI: In Its Thirteenth Year Now, Libya's 'Sea and the Sun' Campaign Mobilizes Volunteers ... - Latest Tweet by Reuters
ICYMI: In its thirteenth year now, Libya's 'Sea and the Sun' campaign mobilizes volunteers from the community and across the country to clean the beaches in the city of Khoms pic.twitter.com/VQ4qFujF8S— Reuters (@Reuters) October 16, 2022(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
Source:Libya Today
October 16, 2022 18:36 UTC
The new UN envoy to Libya holds the first talks in Tripoli
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity in Tripoli, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, met with the new Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in it, Abdullah Batili, today, Sunday, at the Cabinet Office, in the envoy’s first official meeting after his assignment, according to Dabaiba’s media office. The statement stated that Dabaiba affirmed his government’s support for the tasks entrusted to Batelli, in order to achieve stability and access to elections. During the meeting, Dabaiba presented a number of explanatory presentations on government spending indicators and distributive justice, and the features of the road map reached by the Committee for the Return of the Secretariat to the People, formed last March. Batili also met with the President of the Presidential Council, Muhammad Al-Manfi, who received him today in his office in Tripoli. The day before yesterday, Batili arrived in the Libyan capital on his first visit after his assignment last September.
Source:Libya Today
October 16, 2022 18:12 UTC
Dabaiba, new UN Rep discuss situation in Libya
UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily met Sunday the Libyan outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dabaiba in Tripoli, “who welcomed him into the country and offered to extend the Government of National Unity’s support to his good offices,” according to UN Support Mission in Libya.
Source:Libya Today
October 16, 2022 16:19 UTC
Libya offers condolences to Turkey over coal mine explosion
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity offered its condolences to Turkey on the victims of the coal mine explosion in the north of the country, which killed about 40 people. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that it expresses the solidarity of “the State of Libya with the Republic of Turkey as a result of the explosion at a mine in Bartin province in northern Turkey.”It wished a speedy recovery for the injured, and that “the efforts of the relevant authorities be crowned with success in reaching and rescuing those trapped.”Earlier on Saturday, Turkish Interior Minister, Süleyman Soylu announced that the death toll from the coal mine explosion had risen to at least 40, in an accident that occurred on Friday, the worst of its kind in years in Turkey.
Source:Libya Today
October 16, 2022 11:04 UTC