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Education ministry declares shutdown of schools in Libya’s capital

Mar 15, 2017

The Education Ministry in Tripoli announced that it had suspended study in all schools in the capital on Wednesday and will suspend it also on Thursday due to the growing unrest in the capital.All schools in downtown Tripoli were…

Libyan Prime Minister cancels visit to Sudan due to Tripoli fighting

Mar 15, 2017

The Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord Fayez Al-Serraj has cancelled a scheduled visit to Sudan on Wednesday due to the security unrest in the capital Tripoli, according to the Sudanese foreign ministry.…

Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous forces to enter Tripoli for peacekeeping

Mar 15, 2017

About 1500 military vehicles of the forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous are on their way to Tripoli for peacekeeping as the capital's clashes grow more intense.The forces will coordinate in stabilising the areas of the clashes with the…

EU urges Haftar to get his forces out of Libyan oil terminals

Mar 15, 2017

EU states and the US have urged a Russia-backed Libyan warlord to hand back oil ports, after a US warning that Russia was trying to do in Libya what it did in Syria.The British, French, Italian, and US ambassadors to Libya said oil…

Headphones explode in ears of a passenger on flight

Mar 15, 2017

BBC - Australian authorities have warned about the dangers of using battery-powered devices on flights after a woman's headphones caught fire.The woman was dozing on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne when she was woken by the sound of…

EU Council’s Presidents calls Turkey “detached from reality”

Mar 15, 2017

BBC - Turkey is "completely detached from reality" in calling the Dutch fascists, European Council President Donald Tusk has said.His remarks come amid a row between Turkey and European nations over campaigning for a Turkish…

On 6th anniversary of Syrian revolution, suicide attack kills dozens at Damascus court complex

Mar 15, 2017

BBC - Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a suicide bomb attack at the main court complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, state media report.State TV said a militant had blown himself up inside the Palace of Justice in…

Foreign ambassadors urge for end of hostilities at oil terminals as Haftar loses 21 fighters

Mar 15, 2017

Foreign ambassadors to Libya have called for an end to hostilities in the Oil Crescent to protect the country’s most critical oil assets.The bloody fighting between Operation Dignity and the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) for…

War drums heard in Libyan capital as rival governments mobilise their fighters

Mar 15, 2017

The clashes in Tripoli have continued and grew rougher on Wednesday morning.According to different sources, the forces and fighters of the rival government "National Salvation Government" (NSG) which are positioned in Qusoor…

Local Libyan TV channel hit with RPG in Tripoli clashes

Mar 15, 2017

Al-Nabaa TV was targeted by an RPG Tuesday night in Zanata, Tripoli.The explosion of the rocket at the TV's headquarters led to a great panic among staffers and set part of the building on fire, not to mention that the TV went off…

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