_____________________The mayor of Central Tripoli Municipality, Abdelraouf Baytelmal, considered the contamination of the capital’s beaches a national security issue and urged for swift solutions. _____________________The Financial Ministry of the UN-proposed government said it had received the budget allocated for the first quarter of 2017 from the Central Bank of Libya. They also agreed on creating training programs – both local and international – as well as documenting the Libyan archaeological sites using state-of-the-art equipment. The banks suspended work last Thursday and extended a cry for help to the ministry of health and the medical supplies apparatus. Haftar’s forces are trying to storm into the district from different frontlines with random shelling.

Source: Libya Observer January 23, 2017 15:24 UTC