Teams with the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons have exhumed additional 17 corpses from five mass graves discovered in the last three days in Tarhuna’s agricultural Rabit district.
So far, a total of 112 corpses have been found in more than 20 mass graves in Tarhuna since it was recaptured by the UN-recognized Libyan government forces in June.
Afriqiyah Airways announced that it would begin operating direct flights from Benghazi to Alexandria on Tuesday, 10 November.
The company’s head of schedules at the commercial planning department, Hisham Al-Kamoushi, said that the flights to Alexandria will be operated on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
According to the same source, the take-off will be at 11:40 am, while the return flight will be at 14:15 pm. He added that flights from Tripoli to Alexandria will be announced soon.
The General Company for Tugging, Rescue Operations and Maritime Services, in partnership with the Greek company Resolve Marine, managed to rescue and refloat the container ship “Lady Halloum”.
The ship ran aground at Tripoli Port on 27 October due to strong winds and heavy rain.
In a statement, the Mediterranean Shipping Company announced the wind speed on that day reached 130 km per hour and led to the stranding of the Lady Halloum at the breakwater.
The former UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, called on the participants at the Libyan Dialogue Forum in Tunisia to turn the page on fighting.
“I hope that they have the courage and wisdom to unite their words, in order to turn a new page from fighting and enter the pathway of peace, prosperity and stability in their country, and I am confident that they are on the edge of doing so”. He said.
Salame added: “After the great progress achieved in the military and economic tracks, Libyans are meeting today to start their political dialogue, as the mission called 75 of them, they came.”
Libya will not join OPEC quotas until its production stabilizes at 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd), a Wall Street Journal reporter tweeted, citing the National Oil Corporation (NOC) chief.
Libyan oil production could reach 1.3 million bpd within a month, NOC’s Mustafa Sanalla told the Journal.
OPEC-member Libya is exempt from making production cuts under a deal agreed between OPEC, Russia and other oil producers.
“Our production may fall back to near zero,” Libya’s NOC chief Mustafa Sanalla told WSJ. The “approved budget is well short of what was requested by the NOC and will take us nowhere,” he added.
The Port of Tripoli is waiting for the arrival of a ship, carrying 23,000 tons of gasoline, according to the Libyan Ports Company.
The company published recent data, which showed that the Port of Tripoli’s administration is expecting a number of ships to enter its port.
The port’s administration announced the upcoming arrival of the ship Shodziz from the shipping agency “Tripoli,” carrying 116 containers of goods and various commodities, in addition to the ship “AMIR BE” of the shipping agency “Amal Libyan”, carrying 7,800 tons of bagged cement.
The port administration is awaiting the arrival of the ship “ANWAAR AL NASER”, affiliated to the shipping agency “Al-Alamiah”, carrying 23,000 tons of gasoline.
The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres said in his message to the Libyan Political Dialogue participants (75 Libyan participants) that the future of Libya is on their hands, urging them to make consensual decisions.
The signing by the Libyan parties of the ceasefire agreement in Geneva was a fundamental step forward,” Guterres continued, addressing the participants in the dialogue forum, “It is your turn to shape the future of your country.”
“Your commitment to this process will contribute to the restoration of Libyan sovereignty and the democratic legitimacy of the Libyan institutions,” he added.
Tunisian President Qais Saied, in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis:” This is a historical moment. No doubt that there is none intending to miss it. Tunisia is proud of this meeting because it will be a prelude to a new legitimacy.
Qais Saied explained in his address that Libya’s solution must be a peaceful one, adding that Libyans themselves are capable of reaching such a solution.
” The meeting is part of the Tunisian and UN efforts to find a solution to the Libyan conflict,” Saied said, adding that there should be firm and defined timelines for implementing the agreed upon solutions.
“Regaining Libya’s sovereignty and stability is the only real solution in the war-ravaged country,” Saied added, indicating that the political dialogue is a new legitimacy for Libyans who cannot be placed under any kind of trusteeship.
“The dialogue is neither a competition nor a duel because the aim is a peaceful solution and setting clear procedures and specific dates for reaching a solution.” Tunisian President added.
“The Libyan people are among the most homogeneous communities, and they are able, by their strong will to overcome all obstacles.” Qais Saied pointed out.
“There is no room for tutelage over the Libyan people under any pretext,” Saied added.
Tunisian President Qais Saied said: ” I urge you to focus on a unified Libya; there is no room for dividing Libya. Some talk about East and West, but the Libyan people are one. The solution is for the Libyan people is to regain their full sovereignty... You will find, dear brothers [in Tunisia], available in the hour of distress, as we consider you as our dear brothers. What makes you happy, makes us happy too.“
The Acting Head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Williams, said that the participants in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum aim to end the transitional stages in Libya.
Williams added in a press conference held in Tunisia that “the Joint Military Commission with its great consensus placed responsibility on the participants”, clarifying that “the participants will work during the discussions in giving priority to the national interest”.
She pointed out that they recorded during the preliminary sessions all the views shared by the participants, confirming that all the forum’s proceedings will be also recorded and published to all.
“UNSMIL welcomes the resumption of flights to south Libya and the increasing of oil production reaching one million barrels per day”. Williams added.
Stephanie Williams voiced optimism ahead of talks aimed at preparing for elections in Libya, adding that this is a unique opportunity and there has been significant progress on the ground.
“The road to this forum was not paved with roses and not easy.” She said.
Ismail Al-Ayeb, a former member of the General National Congress, confirmed during a televised interview for Libyan WTV channel and Tabadul Platform that the main reason for not disbursing the family allowance is mainly the closure of the country’s oil ports and fields, which caused all the problems and crises that Libya is currently facing.
According to Al-Ayeb, the blockade also resulted in the lack of resources covering the state budget. However, the state could have disbursed the allowance from any other income section in case it had a political will as well as a desire to do that.
Al-Ayeb explained that the Family Allowance Law was issued for social justice in addition to political and social reasons, as the stage’s goals require amending the laws in which the previous regime was operating.