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PM Shehbaz vows action against human traffickers

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PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the death of four Pakistani nationals in a boat capsizing incident in Libya, reiterating his government’s commitment to act against human traffickers. “Deeply saddened by reports from our Mission in Tripoli of yet another boat capsizing incident off the Harawa coast near Sirte City, Eastern Libya, in … Read more

FO confirms 16 deaths of Pakistanis in Libya boat tragedy

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FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office confirmed the death of 16 Pakistanis in the Libyan boat tragedy while passenger 37 survived and 10 still are missing.

Details of the names of Pakistanis died in the Libyan boat tragedy, and the documents of Pakistanis have been revealed.

The Foreign Office said that the Pakistani Embassy team in Tripoli visited the Zawiya city on the report of the accident, where team collected information from local authorities and hospital administration.

The spokesman said that there were 63 Pakistani passengers in the boat out of which 16 Pakistanis died, while 37 people survived and about 10 Pakistanis were missing.

The spokesman further said that according to the details of 16 Pakistanis, Saqlain Haider, Siraj Uddin, Shoaib Hussain, Nusrat Hussain, Shoaib Ali, Syed Shahzad Hussain, Abid Hussain, Shahid, Asif Ali, Muswar, Abid Hussain, Masayab Hussain and Ashfaq Hussain was from Kurram agency.

In addition, Muhammad Ali Shah belonged to Orakzai Agency, Anees Khan, from Peshawar.

The Foreign Office said that 13 people were from Kurram district, but one of the injured was in the hospital, 33 in the custody in local police and three in Tripoli.

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Fierce clashes in Libya kill 55 after commander’s arrest

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Libya

Fierce clashes erupted in Tripoli between militia groups supporting Libya’s UN-backed government. At least 55 deaths and 146 injuries reported. Conflict began with the arrest of a commander from the 444 Brigade by the Special Deterrence Force. Fierce clashes erupted in Tripoli between two militia groups supporting Libya’s UN-backed government, resulting in at least 55 … Read more

CIA director travels to Libya following surrender of Lockerbie suspect

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Libya

William Burns makes a rare trip to Libya where he meets Haftar. The gathering was held at Haftar’s administrative centre in Benghazi. The CIA declined to comment because it does not often advertise such visits. William Burns makes a rare trip to Libya where he meets Haftar, the military strongman stationed in the east, and … Read more

Greece’s top diplomat cancels his trip to Tripoli after landing

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Greece's top diplomat cancels his trip to Tripoli after landing

Nikos Dendias refused to get off the plane when it landed in Tripoli. Instead, he took a plane to the country’s eastern city of Benghazi. The episode was essentially a snub of the western, Tripoli-based administration of Libya. Nikos Dendias, the Greek FM, refused to get off the plane and meet with his waiting counterpart … Read more

Clashes rock western outskirts of Libyan capital

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Libyan capital

Clashes break out in Warshafala, a district west of Tripoli that has seen numerous clashes since Gaddafi’s ouster. Pro-Dbeibah forces seize military headquarters in southern Tripoli. Clashes come just a week after Libya experienced bloodiest week in two years.   Libyan armed factions clashed on the western outskirts of Tripoli late Friday and early Saturday, … Read more

Southern Libya, diesel truck fire kills 5, wounds 50

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libya truck fire

A fire broke out in a truck hauling diesel fuel to a town in southern Libya, medical and security officials said. The death toll is expected to grow as 50 are injured, with some suffering from critical injuries, officials said. Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Al-Dbeibah tweeted that officials were “closely following the disaster”. TRIPOLI: Five … Read more

Israel strike on Syria wounds two civilians: ministry

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  • An Israeli air strike has hit poultry farms on Syria’s west coast, the defence ministry says.
  • Strikes also injured two civilians, including a woman, the ministry adds.
  • The Israeli army say they “do not comment on reports in the foreign media” Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its northern neighbour.

 

The Syrian government’s heartland on the war-torn country’s west coast was hit by an air strike from Israel on Saturday, according to the defence ministry.

“The Israeli enemy carried out an air strike” after daybreak near the town of Al-Hamidiyah, the ministry said, identifying the locations hit as poultry farms, without elaborating.

The strike was carried out from the Mediterranean Sea, west of Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, and “injured two civilians, including a woman,” according to a statement.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the facility that was struck had formerly been used to keep farm animals but was now used by Lebanon’s Shiite militant movement Hezbollah, a Syrian government ally.

The Israeli army told AFP on Saturday that they “do not comment on reports in the foreign media”.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian of Iran, also a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, condemned the Israeli strike.

“With its attacks, the Zionist entity is trying to portray Damascus as an unsafe city to obstruct the return of displaced Syrians,” he said on Saturday during a visit to the Syrian capital.

Video footage by Syrian’s official news agency SANA showed rubble at what it said was the site of the targeted facility.

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Two civilians injured by an Israeli strike on Syria

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The Syrian defence ministry identifies the targets as poultry farms. The attack was launched from the Mediterranean Sea, west of Tripoli in Lebanon. It injured two civilians, including a woman, the ministry says. Nearly 500,000 people have died in Syria’s civil war. An Israeli strike on the western coast of Syria injured two people on … Read more

UN says Libyan rivals fail in election talks

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libyan

Libya’s east-based parliament and High Council of State concluded their final round of negotiations on constitutional amendments for elections on Sunday night in Cairo. The most contentious issue was the criteria for presidential candidacy, with the Tripoli-based council demanding that military men not be allowed to run. The talks started on June 12 with the … Read more

Libya capital rocked by heavy fighting between militias

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Libya

Clashes between militias raise fears of escalating violence in Libya’s capital. Fighting broke out in the Souk Talat, and pitted two militias against one another. U.N. official calls for “absolute calm and protection of civilians”. Clashes between militias in the heart of a residential district of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, on Saturday,  raised fears of escalating … Read more

Fresh clashes erupted Libyan capital after failed coup

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Heavy gunfire and explosions ricocheted over various districts of Tripoli on Friday. There were no immediate reports of deaths or a motivation for the fighting. Libya has been beset by political infighting since longtime tyrant Muammar Qaddafi was deposed in 2011. TRIPOLI: As per local media, clashes between armed factions erupted in Libyan capital on … Read more

Libya capital rocked by battle as rival PM vies for power

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Libya

Gunfire erupted in Libya’s capital for several hours on Tuesday,   as a rival prime minister attempted to depose interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, threatening yet another escalation in the war-torn country. Fathi Bashagha arrived in Tripoli early Tuesday and attempted to seize it by force, sparking pre-dawn clashes between armed groups supporting him and those … Read more

What do the latest clashes in Libya mean?

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Libya

Libya’s war-torn capital Tripoli witnessed its bloodiest fighting in nearly two years On Tuesday, as a prime minister appointed by the country’s parliament attempted to depose an interim premier. While Fathi Bashagha’s forces eventually withdrew, the incident served as a reminder of the North African country’s precarious state and the difficulty of establishing a government … Read more

Armed groups clash west of Libyan capital

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Libyan

Violent clashes shook a western region of the Libyan capital overnight and into Sunday morning, an interior ministry source claimed as local media reported the death of a militia commander. Janzour, in the western suburbs of Tripoli, is home to the UN Support Mission in Libya’s headquarters as well as guarded compounds for foreign diplomatic … Read more

Libyan militia leaders have been accused of crimes in Tripoli

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Amnesty International has accused a prominent armed organization in Libya of committing terrible atrocities against migrants and Tripoli locals. According to the report, the state-funded Stability Support Authority (SSA) has committed illegal executions, torture, forced labor, and arbitrary detentions. The SSA was established in January of last year by a decree issued by former Prime … Read more

Lebanon tells military to probe deadly migrant boat capsize

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Lebanon’s authorities Tuesday tasked the armed forces with investigating how an overpacked migrant boat capsized, a tragedy a few survivors have blamed on the navy. At least six people were killed past due Saturday within the Mediterranean Sea off the northern port city of Tripoli in the united states’ deadliest such maritime incident in years. … Read more

At least 6 dead, 48 rescued after migrant ship capsizes off Lebanon

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Lebanon

At least six humans died, including a girl, and nearly 50 others had been rescued after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon at some point of a chase by using naval forces, Lebanese officials said. The boat carrying almost 60 human beings capsized on Saturday night time near the port metropolis of Tripoli, … Read more

Key Libyan oil export port closed amid shutdown ‘wave’

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Libyan

Libya’s National Oil Corporation announced Monday the closure of operations in the most important oil fields after a team of workers inside the key export terminal of Zueitina were blocked from operating. “The National Oil Corporation is obliged to declare a state of pressure Majeure at the oil port of Zueitina, such as all fields … Read more

Libya reports 3,648 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths

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TRIPOLI – Libya reported 3,648 new infections and 12 more deaths on Sunday, bringing the total caseload to 470,314 and the national death toll to 6,125, said the country’s National Center for Disease Control. The new cases were identified after 12,714 tests were carried out over the last 24 hours, the center said. Meanwhile, 5,409 … Read more

Libyan central banks to reunite after seven-year split

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Libyan central banks

TRIPOLI: Libya’s rival central banks said on Monday they had reached a reunification deal, seven years after they divided as conflict tore the country apart. The original bank, which manages the North African state’s vast oil revenues, had been severed in 2014 when a complex civil war gave rise to rival administrations in the east and … Read more

Libya fighting damages key oil refinery

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Libya

TRIPOLI: Libya’s only operational oil refinery was “severely” damaged after gunmen battled for three hours around the complex, the National Oil Corporation said. “The Zawiya Oil Complex was severely damaged as a result of skirmishes by armed groups,” Libya’s state oil company NOC said late Tuesday. “Those involved held no regard for the lives of workers … Read more

EU allocates over $1.6 billion for child education, protection in Libya 

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TRIPOLI: The EU allocated more than $1.6 billion for protection and education of children in Libya, as well as Covid-19 vaccination-related medical waste management, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Sunday. “EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid – ECHO has allocated approximately $1,672,874.91 towards strengthening humanitarian response in the education and … Read more

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