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Video: Turkish Universities Exhibition held in Libya
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Turkish demining experts arrive in Tripoli to help clear the explosive devices and bombs planted in southern Tripoli areas by warlord Khalifa Haftar’s armed groups before their retreat
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Libyan Army has signed an agreement with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) to provide
#Libya
with Hürkuş-C, a new basic trainer and ground attack aircraft.
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Rescue teams have found a baby boy alive in his parents’ flooded home in Mechili village, nearly 274 km east of Benghazi, while his entire family members are still missing and believed to have been swept away by flood waters.
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#Libya
’s oldest living person, Saktah Miftah, has passed away aged 139. She was born in 1881 in Bir Ghanem town in western Libya.
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The Wagner mercenary killed by
#Libya
army forces in south
#Tripoli
on Friday has been identified by some Twitter accounts as “Aleksa Duric”. Pro-Haftar media outlets denied this claiming it was a "wax sculpture".
خبر| حسابات أجنبية بالتوتير تنعى مقتل مرتزق تابع لشركة فاغنر الروسية على يد قوات الجيش الليبي بطرابلس أمس الجمعة. الحسابات عرفت المرتزق باسم أليكسا دوريتش
Aleksa Duric
#العدوان_على_طرابلس
#ليبيا
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The Libyan Turkish Hospital has been opened in Misrata with a capacity of 120 beds
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135-year-old Arbia Mohammed, from Zahra region in western
#Libya
, is believed to be the World’s oldest living person. According to the Social Solidarity Fund, Arbia, born in 1889, is in good physical and mental condition.
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Libyan people across the country celebrate today the 11th anniversary of the 17 February revolution that toppled the authoritarian rule of Gaddafi in 2011 🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾
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Protests against Greece in Tripoli today. The protesters held anti-Greece placards:
“Libya desires peace and Greece supports war”
“Dendias is an ally to war criminals”
“Libyan interests first”
“Dendias your hands are stained with blood”
“We defend our maritime borders with blood”
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Two African migrants, nationality not disclosed, have been highly praised as heroes for climbing up an apartment building in Sabha, south
#Libya
, to save four children trapped inside their third-floor flat due to a fire
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Indonesian Embassy hosts a cultural program for Libyan media and some African diplomats
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3/1 Libyan PM Abdel Hamid Dbeibah: I do not care about rejection of some countries to Libyan Turkish MoU.
Dbeibah: We will conduct oil explorations in accordance with the maritime agreement with Turkey, and we will not give up our rights in the territorial waters south of Crete.
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Military source: Warlord Haftar’s armed groups have started to flee from Sirte to eastern
#Libya
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#Libya
’s 40-meter palm tree, the tallest in the country of more than 200 years of age, has fallen over.
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Macroona Imbakbaka cooked over fire is a typical Libyan pasta dish, especially on picnic
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A private clinic in Zliten held a celebration for the recovery of 2 patients from
#Nigeria
after 2 years of free care and treatment. The patients were suffering from severe burns covering 90% of their bodies due to an explosion of a cooking gas cylinder.
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#Libya
’s House of Representatives calls MPs for an urgent session tomorrow to discuss the meeting of Foreign Minister Najla Al-Mangoush with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, describing the meeting as a crime against the Libyan people.
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Police in Ajdabiya town, east
#Libya
, shave the heads of a group of young men as a punishment for harassing girls in the streets while doing shopping for Eid Al-Fitr
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Libyan authorities raise the flag of Palestine in Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square as a sign of support to their resistance to the Israeli occupation
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Rescue workers in
#Derna
have pulled a man alive from a collapsed building, 160 hours after the deadly floods struck the city.
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Badir Nahaib, a staunch backer to warlord Haftar, who used to call for “Jihad against the Turkish invaders”, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara today
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Libyan Satire: Today marks the second anniversary of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s failed attack on Tripoli
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#Libya
’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher Al-Sunni, deplores Egyptian threats to invade Libya, telling the Egyptian president Sisi “draw your red lines in Sinai and send your troops there to liberate it from terrorism.”
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A group of book lovers set up a little free street library in Yefren town, western
#Libya
where readers can take and return a book.
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On This Day: Slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi publicly hanged several university students for opposing his regime on April 07, 1976.
#Libya
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It’s a big day in Zawiya city as thousands of people celebrate the 9th anniversary of the February 17 revolution
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Hemedti agrees to send another 1200 Sudanese fighters to
#Libya
after UAE threats to cut off financial aid
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Libyan artist Ahmed Lamin, aka Amedo, has drawn four different paintings of football players at the same time using his hands and feet. Amedo said it took him 24 hours to finish these splendid paintings.
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The Presidential Council declares Wednesday, Sep 16 a national holiday in
#Libya
to commemorate 89th anniversary of the execution of Sheikh Omer Mukhtar by the Italian occupiers on September 16, 1931, in Suluq town, south of Benghazi. It also declared Thursday, Sep 17 a day off.
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More than 2000 people killed and thousands sill missing in flood waters in Derna, authorities confirm, adding that residential areas were washed away.
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A social experiment produced by WTV in a café in Tripoli showed how Libyan people reacted to racial discrimination against a foreign worker (actor) who came in to order a cup of coffee but the café owner (actor) kicked him out. The café owner got what he deserved.
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The house that survived the devastating floods in Derna turned out to belong to an orphan caretaker. All houses surrounding it were leveled to the ground.
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The death toll from Storm Daniel in Derna city has climbed to 5200, spokesman of
#Libya
’s eastern government declares
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Thousands in Tripoli performed the absentee funeral prayer for the victims of floods in east
#Libya
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Insiab, a Libyan solar company, has constructed solar-powered water wells equipped with laser beacons in the Libyan Desert to guide travelers and lost people to water sources.
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In a new threat, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar said Monday he is about to take a crucial decision to restore the state, warning that a decisive battle is imminent to liberate
#Libya
.
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah tours SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul today.
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Exhibition of Algerian products in Tripoli at the end of May
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Authorities in Tripoli release CCTV footage showing the moment of the deadly airstrike by Haftar’s UAE- backed air force on Tripoli Military College that left 30 cadets dead
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Breaking News: A drone belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar shot down in Misrata
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Turkish naval and air forces conducted high seas military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea. 17 aircraft and 8 frigates took part in the exercises. Photos: Turkish Defense Ministry
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Shocked by Watiya airbase loss, member of Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Saied Emghaib, a staunch supporter of warlord Haftar, demands a DNA test for all GNA fighters and supporters to determine whether they are Libyans or Turks.
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Warlord Khalifa Haftar’s armed groups flee from the coastal cities in western
#Libya
leaving behind tanks, military vehicles and large quantities of ammunition
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2/1 In an implicit reference to Turkey, warlord Haftar said the caller for war is the one who sent his soldiers and mercenaries to usurp our wealth, taking advantage of the emergency conditions to conclude deals of shame with traitors who sold their country for power and money.
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Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq Gharyani said Wednesday that the visit of
#Turkey
’s high-level delegation to Tripoli is a step in the right direction to build the Libyan state, calling in his weekly program for more cooperation with Turkey in infrastructure, economic and training fields
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Satire: Corona and Haftarona, two deadly viruses posing a serious threat to
#Libya
. By Adam Mohammed
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A drone for Libyan Airforce under GNA strikes fuel smuggling trucks in Zintan
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#BreakingNews
: Saif Al-Islam
#Gaddafi
is announcing his candidacy for
#Libya
presidential elections at a Sabha High National Elections center in the southern region
Photo: Circulated on social media
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The aviation fuel depot at Mitiga Airport was destroyed and a Libyan Airlines plane was damaged in warlord Haftar’s systematic rocket attacks on Saturday
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#Libya
’s Fatwa House congratulates the Muslim world in general and the Turkish people and President Erdogan in particular for reversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
#Turkey
#HagiaSophia
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Sheikh Ali Gharyani Book Center opened in Tajoura district of Tripoli on Saturday offering thousands of titles covering a wide range of subjects. The center also offers free internet access and free tea and coffee for the book readers
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Saif Gaddafi has been banned from Libya’s presidential elections due to legal issues, sources confirm
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