An extremist Saudi cleric of Palestinian origin has received a warm welcome in east Libya by so-called “the General Command of the Libyan Army.”

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Libyan Mohamed Bzeek, who moved to the US in 1978, has been a foster father for more than two decades taking in the sickest of the sick children in Los Angeles County’s sprawling foster care system and providing them with around the clock care at his home, reported the Los Angeles Times last week.

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An armed force of the Dignity Operation, which is led by Khalifa Haftar, stormed into the farm of the ex- Dignity Operation leader, Colonel Faraj Al-Barasi in Al-Wasita, 10 km northern Al-Bayda, local sources reported Monday.

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Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos Operation’s media office said over 1600 families had returned to their houses in Sirte until last Sunday.

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Colonel Abdul-Salam Al-Barasi from the eastern city of Bayda defected from Khalifa Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army on Monday.

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The High Council of Libyan Notables and Elders has expressed support for Libyan National Guard (LNG), which was recently formed, calling on Libya’s revolutionaries to join the LNG to be under the legitimacy of one state and end the political fragmentation.

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GECOL media office said the first unit (262 megawatts) of Al-Khums power plant project has been put to test and will be activated in two days under the supervision of a foreign company. Recently, GECOL said the second unit was operating with a capacity of 524 megawatts.

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Zintani delegation visited Algeria and met with the Maghreb Affairs Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, to discuss Libya’s political status quo and the visions for a peaceful solution as well as the support for political dialogue.    

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Italy expressed surprise at the statements of the Tobruk MP, Ibrahim Al-Zaghid, who accused Italy of shooting down the Dignity Operation helicopter in southern Sirte on Friday, saying the accusations are absurd and irresponsible.

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Aviation Safety and Civil Aviation delegation visited Tamanhent airport in Sabha to check for the preparedness of the airport to reopen soon. The airport’s administration said it is ready on the security and technical levels for flights in and out, adding that it is waiting for the approval to be given to airliners to carry out flights.

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The deputy head of the Presidential Council Fathi Al-Mijibri, said the Skhirat-signed agreement did not pay off the results aspired for as the political fragmentation remains coupled with economic and security crises, adding that it absurd to continue with the same existing bodies without a change in some figures and some mechanisms at the PC.

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A Sire municipal member said the mayor Mukhtar Al-Maadani got missing and was probably kidnapped in Ghout Al-Ruman, Tajura near Tripoli at 8:30 pm Sunday.  He called on security and military authorities to help know his whereabouts and set him free without preconditions.

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Basic needs for the residents, cash for the banks, an ambulance as well as medical equipment for the city’s hospital arrived in Ubari airport coming from Mitiga airport, Tripoli.

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The manager of Al-Wahat Hotel in Hun town, Emad Ghamid, denied the accusations of Dignity Operation’s spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mismari, that said the hotel is harboring armed groups and is used as a weapons depot, adding that the hotel has been closed for so long.

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The National Oil Corporation said Sunday that Gaza floating dock has loaded oil into the first vessel from Al-Buri oilfield after it had started pumping oil in late January. The floating dock was made in South Korea and arrived in Libya last May to replace the old Soluq oil installation. 

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