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Libya: Haftar concurs with elections as escape route

Head of the UN mission in Libya has told the media that Head of the Eastern-based army Khalifa Haftar backs his action plan to help Libyans establish central and efficient institutions to run the country as of next year. Ghassan Salamé met with Haftar in Cairo on Sunday to discuss a number of issues including […]

Haftar forces hand over Egypt’s most wanted terrorist

Eastern Libyan forces led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar Tuesday extradited one of Egypt’s most wanted terrorists to Egyptian authorities, a move welcomed President Fattah al-Sisi. Live television footage on the national TV showed Hesham Ashmawi being escorted from a military aircraft by heavily armed GIS forces, local media Egyptian Streets reports. Ashmawi, 41, a […]

COVID-19: Tunisia places orders with Russia for medical equipment

Tunisia has turned to Russia to buy medical equipment including respiratory ventilators and masks for public hospitals amid ongoing fight against novel covid-19 with overall infection toll now over 1,000. Russian state-run news agency Sputnik revealed the request as the North African country’s envoy to Moscow, Tarak ben Salem, confirmed that the equipment will help […]