Speaking at a press conference in Tripoli today, the Acting Minister of the Interior, Imad Trabelsi, confirmed that the capital, Tripoli, will be evacuated of security and military apparatus ‘‘soon’’. Trabelsi was referring to militias that have been rebranded by the state with various names. He added that this includes evacuating the security checkpoints and centres in the entire western region and handing over these tasks to Security Directorates according to regional jurisdiction. Security Directorates are official state police forces part of the Interior Ministry. The Abu Saleem murdersRegarding the recent unexplained murder of 10 militiamen in the Abu Saleem area, Al-Trabelsi said he had issued instructions to the Tripoli Security Directorate to assign the Criminal Investigation Office to follow up on the case.

Source: Libya Today February 21, 2024 21:56 UTC