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Central Bank of Libya agrees to give Presidential Council 7 billion euros for local expenditure

Nov 02, 2016

The Presidential Council (PC) of the UN-brokered Government of National Accord (GNA) has secured a deal with the Central Bank of Libya that will see an agreement by the CBL to give the PC budget money for state expenditure.The…

Operation Dignity spokesman urges UN-backed Libyan forces to hand them Sirte battle

Nov 02, 2016

The spokesman of Khalifa Haftar’s Operation Dignity, Ahmed Al-Mismari, called on the forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous to pull out from Sirte liberation battle with the least losses they could bear so that Operation Dignity forces get into…

Man City beats Barcelona 3-1 in Champions League

Nov 02, 2016

Manchester City's outstanding Champions League victory over Barcelona bore all the hallmarks of a seminal moment in the development of this club of unlimited ambition.Barca were finally overcome at the sixth time of asking on a…

UNSMIL Human Rights Report on Libya: Sharp Rise in Civilian Death

Nov 02, 2016

From 1 October to 31 October 2016, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 102 civilian casualties, including 29 deaths and 73 injured, during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included 7 children…

Syria’s President says hew won’t leave power till his term finishes

Nov 02, 2016

RT- Syrian President Bashar Assad called out Western media for vilifying him while at the same time whitewashing terrorists as “freedom fighters” to paint a “black-and-white” picture of the war in Syria, as he pledged to not leave…

HoR Chief Commander acknowledges mutiny within Dignity Operation

Nov 01, 2016

The Commander in Chief of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Abdelraziq Al-Nadori, revealed that there is a rebellion inside the forces and leadership of the Dignity Operation led by Khalifa Haftar.“We’re going to keep…

Iraqi forces hundreds of meters away from Mosul downtown

Nov 01, 2016

Iraqi forces were on the doorstep of ISIS-held Mosul on Tuesday, encountering snipers, landmines and road-blocking boulders as they edged closer to the key city, the CNN reported.Iraqi Troops came within hundreds of meters…

World Bank report unveils that Libya’s economy is inches away from collapse

Nov 01, 2016

The Libyan economy is facing collapse as the civil war is disrupting the country's main source of income oil production, warns the World Bank.“With oil production just a fifth of the potential, revenues have plummeted, pushing…

Syrian refugee and two daughters found dead in a freezer in Denmark flat

Nov 01, 2016

Bodies of a refugee from Syria and her two young daughters have been found in a freezer in their flat in southern Denmark, police say, according to the BBC.They said the 27-year-old woman and the two girls, seven and nine, had been…

Iran’s Ambassador to Libya: We will recognise GNA once approved by HoR

Nov 01, 2016

The Iranian Ambassador to Libya, Hussein Akbari, has disclosed that his country has not recognised the Government of National Accord yet.Speaking to Iranian Fars News Agency, Akbari said that Tehran had decided to delay its…

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