(Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based authorities are investigating the disappearance of a member of parliament, the region's interior ministry said, and it did not believe he had been killed. "The ministry of interior also strongly denies the news being circulated about his (Aldrasi's) killing," the statement said. In July 2019, HoR member Siham Sergewa and her husband were abducted from their home in Benghazi. Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, is home to the HoR and Hamad's government, which is allied to the Libyan National Army of military commander Khalifa Haftar. The HoR was elected in 2014 when Libya divided following a civil war between rival administrations in the east and west.

Source: Libya Today May 18, 2024 09:14 UTC