World News: Political News
Conscription and Reserve Dept at General Staff announces conscription in military services.
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Ghiryan, 01.02.2017 (Lana) Conscription and Reserve Department at the General Staff of the Libyan Army has announced its plans to conscript Libyan youth wishing to serve in the Presidential Guard. It detailed the criteria and standards that the conscripts should fulfill such as be Libyan national, not married to foreigner, be of age category between 18- 30 and be medically fit to serve in the army and pledge to work at any unit of the Libyan army within Libyan borders. After medical tests successful candidates would be interviewed by head of conscription committee and... Read more
Libya oil production up to 685,000 barrels.
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Tripoli, 02.01.2017(Lana) National Oil Corporation has announced that Libya oil production was up Sunday to 685,000 bpd. The NOC attributed the increase to restoring oil production of main pipelines pumping oil out of Sharara and the Elephant oil fields in the west part of the country. The oil production from the Sharara oil field which has a production capacity of 330,000 bpd will resume gradually but no announcement was made about resuming oil production from the Elephant oil field which produces 90,000 bpd of crude oil, it explained. NOC further said it hoped to... Read more
A Libyan killed and three others injured in Turkey attack.
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Tripoli, 02.01.2017(Lana) GNA Foreign Ministry has announced that one Libyan was killed and three others injured in the armed attack in Istanbul attack. The Media Office told Lana that instructions were issued to the L:ibyan Consulate in Istanbul by Foreign Minister, Mohamed Saila to take all necessary measures regarding the issue. The armed attack on new year in Istanbul killed 39 people including 16 foreigners and injured 69 others. =... Read more
Humanitarian aid to Serte area.
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Serte, 02.01.2017(Lana) Serte Crisis Committee dispatched a humanitarian aid to Jaref, Zafran and Dhuhair in Serte, offered by UNICEF and the International Red Cross in collaboration with the Libyan Red Crescent Society in Misrata. The aid includes food packages and detergents and household items and were distributed to families in the said areas. Head of the Crisis Committee told Lana reporter in Serte that two-hundred families in Jaref and 400 families in Zafran benefited from the aid. Another humanitarian aid to be delivered next week to the eastern outskirts of east... Read more
Maitiq tours Tripoli's Burns & Cosmetics Hospital.
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Tripoli, 01.01.2017(Lana) Vice- President of the Presidency Council, Ahmed Maitiq visited Sunday Tripoli's Burns & Cosmetics Hospital. Maitiq praised in the course of his tour of the hospital the efforts being made by the medical staff to offer good services to the patients despite scarce resources and lack of budget in the past two years. Maitiq was accompanied in the tour by director of the hospital, Dr Mohamed Saad, and both of them inspected the halted maintenance work at the hospital impacting the quality of services offered. The vice-president pledged to... Read more