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Libya's former PM Jibril dies due to coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Mar 05 (ANI): Libya's former Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril on Sunday died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 73-year-old.
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Libya reports first case of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Mar 25 (ANI): Libyan Health Minister Ehmid Bin Omar on Tuesday announced the first case of the novel coronavirus in the country.
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UN chief urges warring parties in Libya to accept 5+5 draft ceasefire deal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 22 (Sputnik/ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon the rival Libyan administrations to lay down arms and accept the temporary draft ceasefire agreement negotiated by the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5) in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, a
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Berlin summit: Joint statement calls for demobilisation, disarmament of ar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Jan 20 (ANI/Sputnik): In a joint statement, participants in Sunday's Berlin conference on Libya have called for the demobilization of all Libyan armed groups and the subsequent integration of eligible fighters into a unified army and law enforcement branch.
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Libya's Haftar secretly flies to Greece ahead of Berlin summit
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 17 (ANI): Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar secretly flew to Athens on Thursday for talks as Greece criticised its exclusion from a UN-backed peace conference in Berlin this weekend.
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Libya's LNA leader leaves Moscow without signing ceasefire deal: Russia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 14 (Sputnik/ANI): Leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, has left Moscow following talks on the settlement of Libya's political crisis, without signing a ceasefire agreement and work on conflict resolution will continue, Russia's Foreign Ministry said
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LNA detains Italian vessel near Misrata
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 12 (ANI): Libyan National Army (LNA)-led by Khalifa Haftar on Sunday detained an Italian vessel on its way to the port of Misrata.
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Forces of Libyan commander Haftar announce conditional ceasefire
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 12 (ANI): The Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar on Saturday declared a ceasefire after Russia and Turkey suggested ways to de-escalate hostilities with the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli.
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Libyan coast guards detain 150 migrants at Sea: UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Libyan coast guards found more than 150 migrants in national waters and brought them back to the shore, the United Nation's International Organisation for Migration said on Thursday.
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UN-backed Libyan govt forces say quit Sirte to 'save civilian lives'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 7 (Xinhua/ANI): The forces of Libya's UN-backed government on Tuesday withdrew from the strategic coastal city of Sirte to "save civilian lives" after the rival eastern-based army took over it on Monday, spokesperson of the protection force of Sirte said.
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Turkey, Libya's GNA hold meetings in Algeria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Algiers [Aljeria], Jan 07 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Sarraj have held meetings in Algeria discussing the crisis in Libya, particularly Turkey's military support for the GNA, Al Arabiya TV reports.
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Fighting in Tripoli shutters 210 schools for 115,000 Children: UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 200 schools remain closed in and near the Libyan capital of Tripoli due to fighting between government and rebel forces, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a press release on Monday.
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