Controversial as it is, the issue of granting Libyan diplomatic passport to the spouse of the Vice-President of the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank, Falak Jmeel Ali Al-Assad, who is the cousin of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, has been the talk of the town for the last few days. It said in an official letter on Wednesday that this is a violation of sovereignty to give the Syrian national and any other foreign national the privilege of Libyan diplomatic passports, demanding withdrawing it from Falak Al-Assad. Yes she is the cousin of Bashar Al-Assad and daughter of Hafid Al-Assad's brother. Her passport was issued at the time of Gaddafi's regime and it was renewed by all governments before our government." However, activists posted a photo of the passport showing that it is a new issue and not a renewed one.

Source: Libya Observer October 20, 2017 09:33 UTC