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NSG minister of health visits Burns and Cosmetics hospital.
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Tripoli, 02.02.2016 (Lana) NSG Minister of Health, Al-Taher Al-Sanusi accompanied by director of Hospitals dept, Mohamed Al-Abeidi made a tour Tuesday of Burns and Cosmetics hospital in Tripoli. They inspected the state of the hospital, its resources and work progress. The minister in the course of the visit met with director general of the hospital and head of the scientific committee at the hospital and several head of departments with whom they discussed the mechanism to support the hospital in order to offer the best medical services to the public and ways to address... Read more
Ras jadier crossing point witnesses increase in number of Libyans travelling to Tunisia.
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Tripoli, 02.02.2016(Lana) Press sources reported increased crossing of Libyans travelling into Tunisia. Tunisian news agency said over 2000 people crossed the border over the past 24 hours, creating some crowding and long queues. The agency quoted some Libyan travelers as saying that they are travelling to Tunisia for treatment during the school holiday, ruling out security concerns such as expected western air attack on Daesh organization or due to approach of 17 Februray anniversary. =... Read more
Anti-Da'esh coalition meets in Rome.
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Rome, 2 February 2016(Lana) Representatives from the 23 countries of the US-led coalition gathered in Rome to plan for the battle against so called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and to stop its expansion in Libya. Officials said the coalition would review their effort to recapture territories taken by the IS or Da'esh in Syria and Iraq and ways to halt the spread of the extremist group in Libya. They said the meeting would discuss establishment of stability in the Iraqi city of Tikrit which was retaken from Da'esh and the wider effort to stop its funding and the influx of... Read more
Egyptian and US Foreign Ministers Discusses Developments in Libya.
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Cairo, 2 February 2016(Lana) The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and his American counterpart John Kerry discussed in Rome on Monday developments in Libya and issues in the region. Shukri's talks with Kerry focused on the situation in Libya, developments in Syria and Yemen and the Palestinian issue, Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement distributed in Cairo. The Ministers agreed on continuing consultation in the coming period to ensure that solutions and proposals were brought about to back up efforts aimed at establishing a... Read more
UN Special Envoy to Libya Warns of Deteriorating Security Situation in the Country.
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Algiers, 2 February 2016(Lana) The UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler has warned that the country was suffering a complex problem because of the expansion of so called Islamic State or Da'esh. In remarks following a meeting with the Algerian Minister for Maghrebian Affairs Abdul Gader Msahil here, Kobler warned that the security situation in Libya was deteriorating because of the spread of arms and the political and military vacuum in the country. Kobler indicated that his talks with the Algerian Minister dealt with ways of reaching a settlement to the Libyan crisis... Read more