With the expansion of the Ottoman Empire on the Libyan territory in the 16th century, the new rulers gave great interest and priority to mosque construction.
The Darghut Mosque in Tripoli is another example of the Ottoman style mosques that represent an important feature of the city's cultural identity.
Behind the conflict between armed militias of all sides in Libya over the spoils of the war, soft parasitic militias have grown up, moving from one place to another, whose sole aim is spilling the largest amount of blood and obtaining as much money as they can.
The Education Ministry has postponed the reopening of schools, in response to the advice of the Medical Advisory Committee for confronting Covid-19 to cancel classes set to start next Saturday for several education levels, including the junior certificate stage.
"Classes will be delayed to reassess the epidemiological situation," said Minister of Education, Mohamed Ammari Zayed on Wednesday, noting that the National Examination Center will release the schedules of exam taking into consideration the physical and social distancing in classes.
The European Union is planning to remove the Speaker of House of Representatives in Tobruk Aqila Saleh from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays a central role in any negotiated settlement, three diplomats said, according to Reuters.
The EU has blacklisted Saleh since 2016, as he was accused of obstructing peace efforts, but the diplomats said “he was now a key figure in a push to bring the two sides of the Libyan conflict together”.
German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, revealed Wednesday that Abdelrahim Al-Kani: a senior leader of Kani militias of Tarhouna who are accused of committing war crimes and mass graves, was receiving medical treatment in Bonn city.
The newspaper said Abdelrahim and five of his brothers formed a militia in Tarhouna city that fought for Haftar, adding that they are accused of kidnapping, murdering and torturing civilians.
The consultations among key Libyan stakeholders that took place in Montreux in Switzerland under the auspices of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and in the presence of UNSMIL between 7-9 September have ended in agreement on a road map for a comprehensive solution to the conflict.
The participants said the preliminary phase for a comprehensive solution to the Libyan crisis will be a deadline after which elections should be held in at least 18 months from now based on a constitutional foundation.
The Audit Bureau has warned it would withhold its consent from a contract submitted by the GECOL with a foreign company to develop the East Tripoli station, due to the GECOL's "unexplained behavior" in this regard, which places it under suspicion of extortion.
