TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Armed forces in the Libyan capital mobilised a massive security presence on Friday, apparently to prevent any further protests over the interim government's meeting with Israel last week. The arrests, and Friday's heavy security presence, underscore the increasingly precarious position of the GNU amid a concerted push by Libyan factions to replace it with a new administration. Anger against Dbeibah and the GNU flared late on Sunday when Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he had met Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush in Rome and they had discussed future cooperation. After protests in several cities and expressions of outrage from across Libya's political spectrum Dbeibah dismissed Mangoush. The GNU Youth Minister Fathallah al-Zuni said on Thursday he had declined to take the post.

Source: Libya Today September 01, 2023 14:12 UTC