News In Brief
News Roundup - Tue, Aug 30, 2016
Last Updated: 9:45pm
The spokesman of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos military operation, Mohammed Al-Ghasri, said the end of the war on IS militants in Sirte is looming as the Misrata-led forces are now battling IS in a 2 km area, pinpointing that they seized the entire residential area (1) on Monday.
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The Afriqiyah Airways said one of its planes was vandalized in Mitiga airport in Tripoli when it was preparing to transport 250 injured fighters of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos forces on Tuesday.
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UN-proposed government’s Foreign Ministry denied shutting down the Libyan embassy and consulate in Chad, adding in a statement that they are working just as normal as every weekday and the diplomats in N’Djamena are constantly in touch with the Foreign Ministry.
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The deputy mayor of Al-Zawiya expected the reopening of Al-Rayana pipeline, which pumps oil into Al-Zawiya refinery, in the middle of next week based on what the Zintan municipal members announced, pointing out that the Chief of Engineers Syndicate at Al-Zawiya refinery explained that the refinery is not working currently because the crude oil coming from the east did not make the cut with the refinery standards.
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The medical center in Al-Fuqahaa town, Al-Jufra, was shut down as it had become empty with no doctors or nurses in all the specializations and sections. The spokesman of the municipality of Al-Jufra said the situation in the town has become very unhealthy, especially that the reptiles and rodents have now spread in the entire town – a number of people were stung by reptiles, including the local affairs official – adding that the nearest place for treatment lies 240 km afar.
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Libyan officials confirmed that after the transportation of the final shipment of the Libyan chemical weapons to Germany on board a Danish ship, Libya has become completely void of any chemical weapons or chemical substances used in making weapons.
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