Al-Barghathi takes office as GNA Defense Minister at the Ministry headquarters

The Presidential Council of the UN-backed Government of National Accord announced that the Defense Minister Mihdi Al-Barghathi has taken office at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Al-Yarmuk Camp in Tripoli on Thursday.
The Presidential Council posted Thursday on Facebook that the taking of office ceremony was carried out in the presence of the Deputy Head of the GNA, Fathi Al-Mijibri.
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