Beirut, Aug 14 (AP) Libya's judicial authorities have formally asked Lebanon to release one of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi's sons, held without charges in Lebanon since 2015 because of his deteriorating health, officials said Monday. The health of Hannibal Gadhafi has been deteriorating since he went on hunger strike on June 3, to protest his detention without trial. According to two Lebanese judicial officials, Libya's prosecutor general Al-Sediq al-Sour, sent a request earlier this month to his Lebanese counterpart, Ghassan Oueidat, regarding Hannibal Gadhafi. The cleric's family believes he may still be alive in a Libyan prison, though most Lebanese presume al-Sadr is dead. Most of al-Sadr's followers are convinced that Moammar Gadhafi ordered al-Sadr killed in a dispute over Libyan payments to Lebanese militias.

The fighting has impacted the Malakia Mall in the area. Additionally, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are reportedly flying in the Ain Zara area, and several local businesses have closed amid the fighting. Unconfirmed reports also indicate that a gasoline station near Tripoli University has caught fire amid the clashes. Heightened security and transport disruptions are likely in the area over the coming hours. If fighting breaks out in your area, leave the immediate vicinity and take shelter in a secure, nongovernmental building.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Clashes broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Monday, residents said, after the reported seizure of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force. We fear for our safety," said one of the residents in Furnaj district. Any sustained fighting between the two factions, the most powerful in the capital after a period of military consolidation, could pose significant risks. Monday's clashes are already the worst to hit Tripoli for months, though there has been sporadic violence between armed factions in some other parts of northwest Libya in recent weeks. A Reuters journalist in the Ain Zara district, near where the clashes were taking place, said armed men had closed a major road in the area.

Hannibal Gadhafi has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 after he was abducted by Lebanese militants demanding information on the whereabouts of the cleric. Lebanese police later announced it had picked up Gadhafi from the city of Baalbek in northeastern Lebanon, where he was being held. The cleric’s family believes he may still be alive in a Libyan prison, though most Lebanese presume al-Sadr is dead. Share this article ShareMost of al-Sadr’s followers are convinced that Moammar Gadhafi ordered al-Sadr killed in a dispute over Libyan payments to Lebanese militias. Seif al-Islam, the one-time heir apparent to his father, has been in Libya since his release from detention there in 2017.

Libya has for the first time in the country's history given domestic private companies the opportunity to invest in the field of oil production, Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said Sunday. NOC’s Board of Directors called on private Libyan companies to invest in the field as part of the strategy of "increasing oil production and developing small oil fields,” according to the statement. Libyan economist Ali ez-Zilitni told Anadolu that previously, domestic private companies were involved only in drilling, transportation and other logistics fields, but with this decision they can also participate in oil production, and this is “a major transformation” for the Libyan oil sector. He said this field will emerge from the monopoly of international energy giants with the involvement of domestic private companies in oil and gas production. Libya was exempted from the decision of OPEC+ countries to reduce oil production.

He laid out inflatable water floats, nets and shirts in front of his lakeside shop, but expected few if any customers. The United Nations ranks water-stressed Iraq as one of five countries most impacted by some effects of climate change. But now “the lake contains no more than 500 million cubic meters of water,” he told AFP. Declining rainfall over the past four years and rising temperatures have hit Habbaniyah — alongside much of the rest of the country — hard. “It’s the only place where people from Anbar, southern Iraq and Baghdad can come to relax.”

BEIRUT (AP) — Libya’s judicial authorities have formally asked Lebanon’s prosecutor general to release one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons, held without charges in Lebanon since 2015 because of his deteriorating health. The health of Hannibal Gadhafi has been deteriorating since he went on hunger strike on June 3, to protest his detention without trial. Lebanese judicial officials said on Monday that Libya’s prosecutor general sent a request earlier this month to his Lebanese counterpart regarding Hannibal Gadhafi. The officials say the note said Lebanon’s cooperation in this matter could help reveal the truth regarding the fate of a prominent Lebanese Shiite cleric, Moussa al-Sadr, who went missing in Libya in 1978. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking hereIf you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.

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Separately, a charity vessel carried out 15 rescue operations and the Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a body off the western coast of Sicily from a shipwreck. Tens of thousands of migrants have set out this year from northern African shores to try reach Europe. The Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a man's body from a shipwreck of a rubber dinghy a day earlier near Marettimo, Italian state TV quoted a Trapani-based port official, Gulgielmo Cassone, as saying. State TV said one person was believed missing, and a coast guard helicopter was deployed in the search. The charity ship Ocean Viking, in a recent 48-hour-period, carried out 15 separate rescue missions under the direction of the Italian coast guard, its most ever.

The Attorney General’s Office announced today that the Zawia Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention, pending further investigation, of the Commander of the Isnad Force in charge of protecting the Zawia Oil Refinery. The Commander is accused of fuel smuggling. It also announced the prosecution of administration and security officials involved in fuel smuggling at the refinery.

The Attorney General’s Office announced today that the Zawia Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention, pending further investigation, of the Commander of the Isnad Company in charge of protecting the Zawia Refinery. He is accused of fuel smuggling. It also announced the prosecution of administration and security officials involved in fuel smuggling at the refinery. The Attorney General’s Office said the action comes within continuing measures aimed at responding to the negative reactions to the national economy. The Attorney General’s Office also said procedures have also been taken to block the distribution tools that were used in the fuel smuggling activity.

Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services provider Saipem has secured a new contract worth approximately $1 billion for the development of a gas project off the coast of Libya. The contract is with Mellitah Oil & Gas Libyan Branch, a consortium formed by National Oil Corporation of Libya and Eni North Africa. The contract, known as the Bouri Gas Utilisation Project (BGUP), will involve the revamping of platforms and facilities at the Bouri gas field in water depths between 145 m and 183 m. The completion of the project is expected to contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions in Libya. Saipem’s responsibilities under the contract include engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of a 5,000-ton gas recovery module onto the existing DP4 offshore facility. The Bouri Gas Utilisation Project (BGUP) is an expansion project for the Bouri field, which is part of Block NC-41.

Tunisia and Libya have agreed to create a continental trade corridor that will connect the two countries to sub-Saharan Africa, media reported. The decision was officially approved on Thursday evening in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, during a meeting between the Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Promotion Kalthoum Ben Rejeb and the Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Al-Haweij, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The two Ministers also signed several memorandums of understanding on the organisation of fairs, international markets, free trade, etc. Both sides emphasised the importance of rehabilitating and developing the Ras Ejdir border crossing between Tunisia and Libya, according to international standards. “The objective is to make this area a commercial portal for Africa, able to promote economic integration with sub-Saharan countries,” the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported.

“I also expressed my aspiration to continue working with Mr. Takala and the HCS in order to reach comprehensive elections that fulfill the desire of Libyans to choose their leadership, unify the institutions of their country, and achieve sustainable peace and stability,” Bathily pointed out. “I urged the new HCS Presidency to continue working in a spirit of compromise and consensus to reach a broad agreement that would end the intractable political impasse and open up prospects for stability, development and prosperity for Libya and the region,” UN envoy added.

Oil prices edged higher on Friday after the International Energy Agency forecast record global demand and tightening supplies, propelling prices to the seventh straight week of gains, the longest such streak since 2022, Reuters reported. The IEA estimated that global oil demand hit a record 103 million barrels per day in June and could scale another peak this month. Meanwhile, output cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia set the stage for a sharp decline in inventories over the rest of 2023, which IEA said could drive oil prices even higher. On Thursday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said it expects global oil demand to rise by 2.44 million bpd this year, unchanged from its previous forecast. U.S. economic data this week also lifted market sentiment, fueling speculation that the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of aggressive rate hikes.