The sentence, or some variation of it, has been uttered by diplomats for centuries, but here it proved incendiary. The news provoked several protests and incidents in Tripoli and elsewhere in Libya, which does not recognize Israel. This hasn’t happened, and now Libya is back to instability and potential conflict among the various armed groups. Another potentially more problematic consequence is that of the sudden resurgence of radical Islamist leaders in Libya in response to the news. Further readingImage: Demonstrators burn tires in protest against the meeting which was held last week in Italy between foreign affairs ministers of Libya and Israel, in Tripoli, Libya, August 27, 2023.

ALBAWABA- President of the Libyan High Council of State, Mohammed Takala, paid a significant visit to Turkey. He met with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, who welcomed him in Ankara, on Wednesday. This visit gains prominence against the backdrop of political turmoil gripping Libya, stemming from the revelation of a clandestine meeting between Libyan Foreign Minister Najla’a Al-Manqoush and her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen in Rome, Italy. The disclosure of the meeting has ignited a storm of controversy, resulting in Al-Manqoush's suspension from her position and the Libyan parliament withdrawing confidence from the Ad-Dabiba Government. As tensions rise, it is reported that the suspended Al-Manqoush fled to Turkey, with her whereabouts remaining undisclosed.

His disclosure sparked protests across Libya, which has no overt ties with Israel. Opposition MP s in Israel castigated Mr Cohen for his “amateurish” decision to reveal the meeting. American officials are furious too, saying his disclosure damaged their efforts to prod Arab states to recognise Israel. Mr Dbeibeh has tried to distance himself from the Rome meeting, but it is hard to imagine Ms Mangoush met Mr Cohen without her boss’s approval. Mr Cohen erred in talking about the meeting.

The Emergency Medicine and Support Centre (EMSC) announced today that a Belarusian team of specialist eye surgeons will visit Libya from the beginning of September. The EMSC says the visit is part of its ongoing programme of visiting specialists which is in turn part of the Tripoli government’s localisation of medical treatment programme to bring treatment to Libyans at home as opposed to Libyans having to travel for it abroad. The visiting medical specialists also provide training programmes for Libyan medical personnel to benefit from their expertise. The Belarusian team’s visit follows on from the recent visits this month by Egyptian and Spanish visiting medical teams. Egyptian medical team arrives in Tripoli to treat security forces wounded in recent Tripoli clashes (libyaherald.com)Five Spanish medical specialists arrive in Tripoli to treat wounded from recent security clashes (libyaherald.com)Twenty-three dead and 106 injured in Tripoli’s security forces clashes (libyaherald.com)State recognized security forces clash in civilian areas after arrest of one of their commanders (libyaherald.com)Committee formed to monitor standards and prices in public and private healthcare (libyaherald.com)After a ten-year hiatus, Al-Khadra hospital’s Eye Clinic reopens (libyaherald.com)fter a ten-year stoppage, Al-Khadra hospital resumes keyhole knee surgery (libyaherald.com)After a 10-year hiatus: Al-Hadba Al-Khadra General Hospital resumes artificial joints operations (libyaherald.com)At the ‘‘localisation of healthcare’’ conference Aldabaiba inaugurates several new services (libyaherald.com)Conference on Localisation of Medical Treatment – Tripoli 12 to 13 June (libyaherald.com)First ever brain and nerve surgery conducted in Al-Khadra Hospital: Health Ministry (libyaherald.com)Tripoli’s Al-Khadra Hospital succeeds in implanting an aortic valve using latest TAVI technology (libyaherald.com)Operations Department of Tripoli Eye Hospital reopened after 13-year closure (libyaherald.com)Visiting Italian medical team touring Libyan hospitals across the country (libyaherald.com)Visiting Egyptian eye surgeon conducts 20 cornea operations in Beida (libyaherald.com)Visiting Jordanian specialists perform 18 infertility and delayed childbearing operations in Zintan Hospital (libyaherald.com)Tripoli Eye Hospital unprecedented medical convoy to south to conduct 40 corneal transplants (libyaherald.com)Health Ministry to launch the 2023-2028 national strategy and 2023 sector plan (libyaherald.com)Libya discusses cooperation with Jordan on localizing autism treatment (libyaherald.com)Libyan Turkish Hospital in Misrata opens: to set new healthcare standard in Libya (libyaherald.com)National Centre for Health System Reform (NCHSR) holds workshop on developing the Libyan health system (libyaherald.com)Serraj government’s catastrophic failure to reform Libya’s healthcare: Analysis (libyaherald.com)Tripoli University Hospital struggling with no budget and huge debts – continuing through private donations | (libyaherald.com)Tripoli University Hospital’s Orthopaedic Department launches remote educational service | (libyaherald.com)Italian company signs contract to maintain infrastructure of Tripoli University Hospital | (libyaherald.com)Libya to recruit 150 Filipino first phase nurses for Tripoli University Hospital | (libyaherald.com)Tripoli University Hospital to recruit 850 foreign nurses | (libyaherald.com)Tripoli Medical Centre converted into a independent university hospital under direct control of PC | (libyaherald.com)New head of TMC appointed – part of continued health reform programme | (libyaherald.com)Austrian medical services company Vamed signs maintenance contract with Tripoli Medical Centre | (libyaherald.com)Serraj spells out reforms needed by Libyan healthcare system | (libyaherald.com)

Libya’s state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) announced today that it had succeeded in reactivating an old well that had stopped any output to return to a production of 1,200 barrels per day. The well, AGOCO reported, had been naturally producing during 2022 an amount of oil not exceeding 200 barrels of oil per day. The well then stopped producing since the beginning of this year. This process resulted in the return of the well’s production to about 1,200 barrels per day. AGOCO said the work on the old well and its return to production comes as part of its policy, set by the National Oil Corporation, to increase overall production rates.

| Netanyahu Thanks Saudi Arabia Following Emergency Landing Of Flight Bound For IsraelNetanyahu thanks Saudi Arabia following emergency landing of flight bound for IsraelLisa Dvir, a spokesperson for Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, confirmed that the aircraft had successfully landed at the airport located near Tel Aviv. By IANS Updated On - 01:20 PM, Wed - 30 August 23Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Saudi authorities for taking care of Israeli passengers whose flight had to make an emergency landing in Jeddah. Later, a replacement flight was arranged to fly the passengers to their destination, said the Israeli foreign ministry in a statement. “I greatly appreciate the warm attitude of the Saudi authorities to the Israeli passengers whose flight was in distress and was compelled to make an emergency landing in Jeddah,” Netanyahu said on Tuesday. “I am pleased that they are all coming home.”The incident marked the first time an Israeli flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia since Riyadh agreed in 2022 to open its airspace for Israeli flights, allowing flights departing from Israel to pass over the Gulf country.

Migrants disembark from a Greek coast vessel after a rescue operation, at the port of Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Greek authorities say four people died and 18 were rescued Monday after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos, which lies near the Turkish coast.

Analysis |What Did Netanyahu Know About the Libyan Diplomatic Fiasco - and When? Everything about the Israeli foreign minister's meeting with his Libyan counterpart has been clarified over the past 48 hours, except for whether or not Benjamin Netanyahu knew in advance of the meeting – and the plan to make it public. Neither answer bodes well for him

His arc of success was legendary: a crude and ambitious hustler like Putin, Prigozhin rose from convict to wiener salesman to warlord. On behalf of Putin’s agenda, Prigozhin built Wagner shortly after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. As long as Putin controlled Prigozhin, Wagner was allowed to grow, reaching an estimated 50,000 fighters at its peak. Aiding a flailing Russian war operation starved for personnel, Prigozhin recruited convicts, who fought the long, horrible battle of Bakhmut. Putin needed time to secure Kremlin control of Wagner’s complicated empire so Prigozhin survived for two months before his elimination.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a directive that requires his office to approve all covert political talks in advance amid uproar over the disclosure of an unprecedented meeting between top Israeli and Libyan diplomats. Netanyahu’s spokesman, Topaz Luk, said on Tuesday that in addition to prior approval, the order also mandated the Israeli premier personally allow the publication of news on secret meetings. In a press statement released on Sunday, Cohen announced that the “historic” sit-down took place in Rome last week. Israeli opposition and coalition figures also lashed out at Cohen for damaging the regime’s foreign ties and endangering the Libyan foreign minister. A US official said Cohen’s revelation “killed” the conversation channel with Libya about possibly normalizing ties with Israel.

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Schneider and Berman take us through the past 72 hours since Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s decision to publicize his recent meeting with Libyan counterpart. They also explain how Cohen’s conduct may impact efforts by Israel to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia and expand the Abraham Accords more broadly. They highlight Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s plan to head to DC next week and what’s behind his anticipated meetings with US officials. Check out yesterday’s Daily Briefing episode:

Shocking footage has emerged of a woman lying dead on the floor of a migration detention centre in Libya. This horrifying video sheds light once again on the hellish conditions inside #Libya’s detention centres. According to the Guardian, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and a UN source confirmed the video's authenticity and said it was filmed at Abu Salim. Detention centres across Libya are used to house people whom the EU-backed Libyan coastguard has forcibly returned after trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean. Hence, hundreds of migrants were sent back to the detention centres they once escaped.

Appointed in March 2021 she was much celebrated as the fifth woman to hold the position of a foreign minister in the Arab World, until now, that is. Apparently, it was “coordinated at the highest level” between the two countries and took place with the knowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and, it has been alleged, Libyan Prime Minister Dbeibeh. As in Libya, Patel’s secret meetings fuelled all sorts of rumours and speculation about what was discussed. There have already been several false rumours, spread by Israel, about secret meetings between Netanyahu and the Saudi Crown Prince, Muhammad Bin Salman. The now former foreign minister knows all about Tel Aviv’s tactics.

(Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)Harare: Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Tuesday demanded fresh elections supervised by neighbouring countries, digging in on its rejection of last week’s polls that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa win re-election and his long-ruling ZANU-PF party retain its majority in a vote criticized by international observers. President Cyril Ramaphosa of neighbouring South Africa has already congratulated Mnangagwa’s government on the elections, as has Namibian leader Hage Geingob. Although SADC’s observer mission criticized the elections, the body doesn’t have a history of interfering to force a rerun. Opposition spokesman Siziba also didn’t rule out approaching the courts, saying the party “will employ all necessary measures” to ensure there is a fair election. They accused Mnangagwa’s administration and the ruling party of weaponizing the police and courts to arrest opposition figures, ban and break up opposition party rallies, and intimidate its supporters.

Netanyahu instructed all government ministers to seek approval from his office before conducting any confidential meetings, according to a statement released by the PM's office. In addition, public statements regarding such meetings would need to receive approval from the prime minister's office ahead of their publication, according to the statement. The Israeli Foreign Ministry revealed in an official press release on Sunday that Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush met in Rome last week. Shortly later, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, Libya's prime minister in Tripoli, announced the suspension of al-Mangoush. The Libyan foreign minister fled to Türkiye out of fear for her safety after the meeting triggered an uproar in Libya.