News Roundup - Sat, Sept 17, 2016

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News Roundup - Sat, Sept 17, 2016

September 17, 2016 - 19:06

Libya is ready to sell crude oil to Egypt in Egyptian pound to raise its rate against foreign currencies, the legal adviser of rogue General Khalifa Haftar has declared. Speaking to Egypt’s Extra TV on Friday, Salah Abdul-Kareem said selling oil to Egypt in pound has been presented to the House of Representatives, Al-Thanni government, parallel National Oil Corporation and parallel Central Bank of Libya.

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The praise of Khalifa Haftar’s self-proclaimed “Libyan National Army” has cast a shadow over Libya’s National Reconciliation and Unity Conference, obliging the organizers to wrap it up unexpectedly.

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The spokesman of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos Mohamed Al-Ghusri said that their Air Force has carried out today several air strikes on ISIS locations in their last hideout in Sirte, adding that their forces are preparing to storm in the last ISIS positions and end the battle against the radical group.

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One fighter of the Third Force was killed and two others were injured after being ambushed in Wadi Elloud district, on their way from Sebha to Misrata. The spokesman of the Third Force said the identity of the attackers and their objective are still unknown

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The Libyan Red Crescent, Misrata branch, recovered ten bodies of ISIS militants near Sirte port. The media center of Al-Bunyan Al- Marsoos said the recovered bodies are for a group of ISIS fighters engaged with its forces in Sirte port axis a few weeks ago.

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Several armed brigades paraded in Tripoli on Friday, September 16, after rumours went viral on social media claiming that Dignity Operation militias, mainly from Zintan and Wirshiffana, were preparing an attack on the capital.