A Libyan delegation visited Beirut this week to reopen talks with Lebanese officials on the fate of a prominent Lebanese cleric who has been missing in Libya for decades, and the release of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son who has been held in Lebanon for years, officials said. The fate of the cleric has been a long-standing sore point in Lebanon. The delegation is expected to return next week, he said and added that Lebanese and Libyan authorities are treating the two cases as separate. The Libyan delegation's visit was not publicly announced by either Lebanon or Libya. Libyan justice officials and an attorney for Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, Hannibal's brother, did not respond to a request for comment.

Source: Libya Today January 24, 2024 14:27 UTC