A Grenada flagged ship, which was detained off the coast of Libya over the weekend, has been released. The ship was detained by a combat vessel attached to Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) off the eastern city of Derna, on Saturday. He said the ship and all crew members were released, when mandatory checks revealed that there were no weapons were found on board. The seizure of the Grenada flagged vessel, came amid tensions between the LNA and Turkey, which supports Libya’s UN-supported Government of National Accord. He said standard practice dictates that the flagged country be notified whenever a vessel is detained by another country.

Source: Libya Today December 24, 2019 19:52 UTC