Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday as the outgoing Libyan premier signals intent to boost military cooperation after a recent wave of violence in the Libyan capital, which threatened to dethrone him from power. Accompanied by the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya Saddek Elkaber, Dbeibeh discussed with Erdogan “a number of economic dossiers in the public and private sectors, as well as increasing military cooperation between the two countries through training and development for all military and support forces,” according to a statement by Dbeibeh’s media office. Turkey considers Dbeibeh as Libya’s legitimate leader and has a military presence in the country. In June, the Turkish parliament extended for another 18 months a mandate that allows the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya. The mandate first came into force in January 2020 following a security and military agreement with Libya’s UN-backed administration in Tripoli in November 2019.

TRIPOLI : Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah's government further consolidated their control over the capital. Last week's fighting dislodged several groups that had aligned with Dbeibah's rival as prime minister - the former interior minister Fathi Bashagha who has been appointed by the eastern-based parliament to head a new government. Following last week's fighting, both Bashagha and Dbeibah have visited Turkey, which helped the now-divided western factions fight off an eastern assault in 2020. During last week's fighting, a major Bashagha-aligned faction based in Zawiya was said to be among groups that were repulsed from the outskirts of the capital. In the southern Tripoli district of Ain Zara, a powerful faction that backed Dbeibah during last week's fighting took over a security headquarters.

Will security deal with Israel jeopardize Japan’s impartial image in the Middle East? Japan has long been hailed as an impartial broker of a future deal between Israel and the Palestinians. (AFP)“Japan feels relieved from the pressure that existed in trying to balance its Middle East policy with its energy security,” Tanaka told Arab News Japan. Waleed Siam, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to Tokyo, told Arab News Japan that the Japanese government is “mostly supportive” of the two sides. Japan has long framed itself as the country most capable of negotiating a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.

TUNIS : U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Senegalese diplomat and former government minister Abdoulaye Bathily as his Libya envoy, the U.N. Libya mission said in a statement on Saturday. Bathily succeeds Jan Kubis, who stepped down from the role late last year as diplomacy aimed at resolving Libya's longstanding conflict faltered in the run-up to an aborted national election. (Reporting by Angus McDowall; editing by Jason Neely)

In December, Guterres appointed veteran American diplomat Stephanie Williams, a former U.N. deputy special representative in Libya, as his special adviser — a job that did not require council approval. So, the mission has had no leader as Libyans grapple with a constitutional and political crisis. Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Guterres said Bathily brings 40 years of experience to the job of special representative and head of Libya’s U.N. political mission. Bathily has doctorates from Universite Cheikh Anta Diop and the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and is fluent in English, French, Soninke and Wolof.

The Security Council on Friday approved former Senegalese minister and U.N. diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily as the new U.N. envoy to Libya, ending a nine-month vacancy. The vote came a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had nominated Bathily. The 75-year-old succeeds Ján Kubiš of Slovakia, who previously served as special envoy and head of U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). In 2018, he was appointed as Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Madagascar and in 2019 as Independent Expert for the strategic review of the United Nations Office for West Africa. Mr. Bathily is fluent in English, French, Soninke and Wolof.

The last UN special representative, Jan Kubis, resigned November 23, 2021, after 10 months on the job, and a number of candidates proposed by Guterres were rejected by council members, Libya or neighbouring countries. In December, Guterres appointed veteran American diplomat Stephanie Williams, a former UN deputy special representative in Libya, as his special adviser — a job that did not require council approval. So, the mission has had no leader as Libyans grapple with a constitutional and political crisis. Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Guterres said Bathily brings 40 years of experience to the job of special representative and head of Libya's UN political mission.

The last U.N. special representative, Jan Kubis, resigned Nov. 23, 2021, after 10 months on the job, and a number of candidates proposed by Guterres were rejected by council members, Libya or neighboring countries. In December, Guterres appointed veteran American diplomat Stephanie Williams, a former U.N. deputy special representative in Libya, as his special adviser — a job that did not require council approval. So, the mission has had no leader as Libyans grapple with a constitutional and political crisis. Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. AdvertisementGuterres said Bathily brings 40 years of experience to the job of special representative and head of Libya’s U.N. political mission.

"For 47 days, no-one knew where I was," Mr Elhouderi says. After about two weeks, Mr Elhouderi was finally brought in for interrogation, and the beatings mostly stopped. Initially, Mr Elhouderi was accused of "breaching the ministry's secret information system". In many ways, Mr Elhouderi's interrogator - who was bluffing about Mr Mrabet - was right. Months after their release, neither Mr Elhouderi nor Mr Mrabet have been reinstated at the ministry, nor have they received any kind of compensation.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd September, 2022) Russia is actively considering reopening its embassy in Libya once all technical and security issues are resolved, Alexander Kinschak, the head of the Russian foreign ministry's middle East and North Africa department, said in an interview with Sputnik. All the necessary organizational and technical matters are being worked on, including security of our diplomatic mission. We pay special attention to this aspect, considering the existing tense military-political situation in Libya, including the metropolitan area," Kinschak said. According to the diplomat, Russia also plans to open the General Consulate in Benghazi after the embassy in Tripoli resumes its operations. Russia also had the General Consulate in Benghazi, which was closed in 1992.

The Benghazi Benina airport based privately owned Barniq Airways announced today that it is preparing to receive its third aircraft – Airbus A320 (5A-BRC) – within a few days. BackgroundIt will be recalled that Berniq Airways was established in Benghazi with a capital of LD 200 million by the Bank of Commerce and Development in 2018. The first of its Airbus-A320 (5A-BRA) aircraft arrived at its hub at Benina Benghazi airport in October 2020. Benina airport’s Berniq TerminalIn May 2022 Benghazi’s Benina airport opened its new Berniq terminal. Berniq Airlines’ first Airbus A320 arrives in Benghazi’s Benina airport (libyaherald.com)Benghazi’s Benina airport opens its new Berniq terminal – a BOT project financed by the private sector Bank of Commerce and Development (libyaherald.com)

Digital fashion house and Metaverse production studio, The Immersive Kind, is debuting “The Other World,” an event on 4 September in conjunction with the New York Digital Fashion Week 2022. Metaverse Fashion adventures in Central Park #NY continue for the summer! OST by @bamsound pic.twitter.com/YL3d1Wb9iD — The Immersive KIND (@ImmersiveKind) September 2, 2022The Immersive Kind is also hosting a London Metaverse Fashion Week Show inside its digital venue on Spatial, featuring international digital fashion artworks and collections from 3D fashion designers. Essential PlayersThe Immersive Kind and Studio Multi, an architectural firm, are collaborating on bespoke immersive environments for the event. A Ready Player Me Spokesperson added,“[Ready Player Me is] driven by the mission to increase accessibility in the metaverse.

XR Today spoke with Justin Parry, Immerse Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, to discuss the role of XR training in upskilling current and future workforces for their desired job roles. The company’s training platform includes partners across multiple devices, including Meta Quest, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, SAP, NIIT, and Amazon, among others. XR Today: Which functions do you consider essential when developing and deploying your VR training platform? XR Today: With its experience, does your company believe the XR industry can tackle the ongoing upskilling crisis? The Immerse Platform and other XR solutions also encourage upskilling and enable HR teams to engage their workforce in exciting new ways.

Libyan authorities have announced the recovery of 15 unidentified bodies from two mass graves in the city of Sirte, some 450 km east of the capital Tripoli.”Field team of the Remains Search Department recovered 15 bodies of unknown identities in the yard of Ibn Sina university hospital in Sirte,” Xinhua news agency quoted the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons as saying in a statement.One mass grave contained seven bodies while the other contained eight, it said, adding their DNA samples would be compared with those of the relatives of the registered missing.In April, the Authority announced recovering 11 unidentified bodies from a mass grave in Sirte, which used to be an Islamic State stronghold before the terror group were expelled from the city in 2016 by the former UN-backed Government of National Accord.As of August, teams from the Authority have extracted 286 bodies from about 100 secret grave sites.The teams have successfully identified 154 victims through DNA matching, and efforts are currently underway to identify more of the victims.Libya has been in turmoil since the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.Two governments are currently vying for power in the North African country.

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, plans to appoint a former Senegalese Minister to lead UN efforts to broker peace in Libya, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The 15-member UN Security Council needs to agree by consensus to the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as the UN Special Envoy for Libya. If there are no objections, then Bathily's appointment will be approved on Friday evening, Reuters reports. Guterres had informally proposed two other people to fill the role, but the Security Council could not agree. Libya's worst fighting for two years suddenly hit the capital, Tripoli, on Saturday.