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Celebration of 5th Anniversary of February 17 Revolution.
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First Addendum Tripoli, 17 February 2016(Lana) A Statement was read out at the celebration by the Tripoli revolutionaries who reaffirmed their absolute support to Islamic Sharia as the only source of legislation in Libya, and that any laws contradicting Sharia would be considered null and void. They announced their rejection of the UN behavior towards Libya, and condemnation of the attempts to impose a government of the Libyan People. They denounced terrorism and called on the revolutionaries to close ranks, as part of the military institutions, stressing that they would always... Read more
Celebration of 5th Anniversary of February 17 Revolution.
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Tripoli, 17 February 2016(Lana) An event was last night staged at the headquarters of the General National Congress in Tripoli, to mark the 5th anniversary of the February 17 Revolution, and the completion of the work by the committee entrusted with revision of Libyan laws in accordance with the Islamic Sharia, which was endorsed by the General National Congress. The event was attended by the President of GNC Nuri Abu Sahmain, a number of GNC members, the Head of the National Salvation Government and several cabinet ministers, as well as the chief of staff of the Libyan Army, Army... Read more
Libyan navy releases 30 Tunisian fishers.
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Tripoli, 16.02.2016(Lana) Tripoli sector coast guard announced Tuesday the release of 30 Tunisian fishers who were caught inside Libyan territorial waters fishing illegally. The fishermen were released after agreeing to pay fees and pledge not to comeback to Libyan territorial waters in the future. Libyan navy spokesman said by realsing the fishermen we want to send a message to Tunisia that people who guard the coast are state affiliated forces and not as claimed by the media that they are militia and gangs. =... Read more
Unidentified jets bomb State organization positions in serte.
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Tripoli, 16.02.2016(Lana) Sources in Serte confirmed that unidentified jets raided Tuesday state organization positions in Serte. The sources told Lana that the air raids targeted the state organization positions in the port area and al-Sawa east of the city. The sources said columns of smoke were seen rising from these positions. The magnitude of the damages could not be estimated due to large presence of members of the organization near these positions. =... Read more
House of Representative summons al-Saraj to discuss national accord government.
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Benghazi, 16.02.2016(Lana) The House of Representatives summoned head of the National Accord Government Faiz al-Saraj to attend next Saturday's session to discuss his government and a vote of confidence would be held after three days of that meeting. The HoR convened Tuesday a session which was attended by 118 members during which the head of national accord government was given until next Saturday to present the formation of his government before the house and next Tuesday would vote on granting a confidence or not to the government. =... Read more