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Mogherini: Libyans Have to Tackle Da'esh Themselves.
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Paris, 21 February 2106(Lana) The EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said Libyans had to confront the threat of Da'esh themselves, indicating that defeating the orgainsation can only be effectively achieved through a legitimate Libyan government, taking up responsibility of its of security. 'Europeans have to wait for a request by a legitimate Libyan government, to intervene against the State Organisation Da'esh in this country, while the US has carried out a raid on extremist position in Sabrata west of Tripoli killing 49, Mogherini said in an interview... Read more
Mellita Complex Operating Normally.
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Zwara, 21 February 2106(Lana) The Mellita Oil & Gas Co. has announced that its complex west of Tripoli was operating normally, indicating that it carried out some small maintenance work on a gas -producing unit. Amounts of gas that flow to the complex from Al Wafa fields and Sabrata offshore platform were being burnt out to avoid pressure on production units, sources at the company said. =... Read more
US Defence Department: Army Monitored for Weeks Da'esh Training Camp in Sabrata.
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Washington, 21 February 2106(Lana) The US Defence Department on Saturday said the US Army was monitoring the training camp used by Da'esh near Sabrata in Libya for weeks, but said it had no information indicating two abducted Serbian diplomats died in the raid. 'Our forces monitored the training camp for weeks before the operation, and at the time of the raid, nothing indicated there were civilians', the Defence Department spokesman Peter Cock said. 'Up to this hour, we have no information to indicate that their death was caused by the strikes of the US Air Force targeting a ... Read more
Tunisian Foreign Ministry: US Strikes Near Sabrata Limited Operation.
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Tunis, 21 February 2106(Lana) The Tunisian Foreign Ministry has said that the US air strikes against a military training camp near the Libyan city of Sabrata, in which Tunisians were suspected to be among the dead, was a limited operation. Having ascertaining reports of the operation, it became clear that it was aimed at the terrorist organisation of Da'esh in Libya, the Ministry said in a statement on Friday evening. It called for joining ranks by all key players to back up the consensus government in Libya, confront the terrorist organisation, and to enable the new... Read more
Algerian Academics: US Raid on Sabrata Undermines Political Process in Libya.
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Algiers, 21 February 2106(Lana) The US air raid on the city of Sabrata could be a prelude to a military intervention in the Libya, which will undermine the ongoing political process to end the crisis in the country, Algerian academics said. 'This act could be interpreted as a first step of a military intervention in Libya, especially when there was argument in the West about a possible intervention in the North African country to encircle the Islamic State orgainsation or Da'esh there, said Idris Sharif, a professor at the national school of journalism in Algiers. He voiced his... Read more