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The most prominent points of the speech of Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba at the fifth regular cabinet meeting of 2023 last Wednesday.

We renew the pledge with confidence to all Libyans that what is coming next is better.

-Today, our cities and regions are adorned with reform and development projects, after they were previously an arena of wars and conflicts.

The competition has become fierce between Libyans in change and construction, not in killing and carrying arms.

The Government of National Unity has completed more than 1,345 projects in its Return of Life programme in various fields.

We are continuing to construct the coastal road extending from the Egyptian border at Emsaad to the Tunisian border at Ras Jadir.

Our medical centres and hospitals in Libya have become a point for localizing treatment and providing the best medical services.

Our doctors have performed more than 300 open-heart surgeries, more than 4,500 corneal transplants, 12 kidney surgeries, and added more than 180 beds to dialysis centres.

We have completed the construction of more than 315 water networks, 116 wells, 83 sewage networks and 16 water treatment plants.

One hundred thousand young men and women are granted marriage grants, 25,000 housing loans have been allocated, and a grant has been allocated to 351,000 male and female students, and we will not stop supporting youth.

156 modern schools have been completed, and 216 other schools have been maintained. Before the end of the year, more than a hundred schools will be opened.

We are launching the Schools of the Future project, which aims to establish 1,500 schools that are distinguished in terms of building, curricula, and teaching aids, and raising the efficiency of teachers.

We are continuing to address the consequences of the war and support the affected families, and we have provided financial grants to more than ten thousand displaced families.

The number of families benefiting from the grant for children and wives has reached more than one million two hundred thousand families.

The entitlement of citizens has been completed through the implementation of the unified salary scale, which included all employees in the sectors, and work is underway to complete and process the rest.

We have released the salaries of more than 180,000 male and female employees, and we are continuing with more releases.

We affirm the launch of the initiative to establish the official religious work institution in Libya under the slogan (And hold fast to the rope of God all, and do not be divided); To serve as a national charter in religious affairs in which all parties participate.

We support all efforts aimed at calming down and stopping the fighting in Sudan.

I salute the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Transport for their efforts to return the Libyans safely from Sudan to the homeland and to ensure their safety.

We will continue to provide services to citizens, improve the standard of living, implement projects and achieve achievements, whatever the difficulties and obstacles.

Our goal is one homeland without distinction between its people, peace and prosperity prevail.

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Mali Condemns UN Report in Fight Against Terrorism (Libya and NATO)

Sawako Utusumi and Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

Leading NATO powers (America, France, and the United Kingdom) supported insurgents in Libya to oust Colonel Gaddafi in Libya (2011). The combined bombing campaign of these NATO powers and insurgents on the ground entailed that Gaddafi was brutally killed by his captors.

Since this period, the deterioration of the Sahel region is continuing. This concerns Islamic terrorism, ethnic issues, and the demise of the economic magnet of Libya for regional nations and workers.

Former President Barack Obama sanctioned the Libya debacle. The Boston Globe reported (2020),That attack, in which the United States played a key role, may now be ranked among the most recklessly self-defeating military interventions of the 21st century. It was sold as humanitarian intervention, but wound up producing a human rights disaster. It turned Libya, once one of the most stable and prosperous countries in Africa, into a failed state and breeding ground for terror. In nearby countries, it has nourished a generation of murderous militias. The coup in Mali shows that after-effects of the Libya attack are still reverberating.

ISIS (Islamic State IS) and several branches of al-Qaida roam vast regions of the Sahel. Hence, millions of people have fled parts of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and other nations linking West Africa (Nigeria).

A report by the United Nations (UN) is tainted by natural bias. After all, three permanent members of the UN destabilized Libya which in turn led to greater instability throughout the Sahel region.

Voice of America reports, Malis military junta on Saturday denounced as fictitious and biased a United Nations report that said the army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during a 2022 anti-jihadi operation.

Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga the government spokesperson for Mali denounced the UN report.

He said, No civilian from Moura lost their life during the military operation.

Colonel Maiga continued, Among the dead, there were only terrorist fighters.

Mali is also shocked by the surveillance tactics of the UN. It transpires and without Mali government permission that the UN investigators have utilized satellites in the Moura region to obtain information.

The Russian Federation known for having cordial relations with the leaders of Mali also rejects the accusations of what happened in Moura.

Maria Molodtsova, the UN Russian Federation envoy, said the military operation contributed to peace and tranquillity and was aimed at terrorists.

The transitional government in Mali became disillusioned by the role of France and developed stronger ties with the Russian Federation. Burkina Faso and other nations are also moving closer to the Russian Federation and further away from France.

The African Union, regional nations, and the international community need to assist Mali in its fight to preserve the unity of the nation-state.

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Cover operations in Syria

The Wagner Group officially intervened in Syria in 2015, following Putins decision to militarily support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. At that time, it was estimated that the group had hired approximately 3,000 fighters, many of whom were recruited from pro-Moscow militias that had recently fought in eastern Ukraines Donbass region. These fighters were deployed to Syria just a few months later.

It became apparent at that time that Putin sought to replicate the experience of Blackwater, the infamous American firm that was used as a private security company in Iraq to carry out violent tasks after the American invasion.

Similarly, the Russian Wagner Group employed its fighters as paid contractors to avoid direct accountability of the Russian government for their actions in Syria.

In this manner, Putin has benefited from having a military group capable of executing covert operations and commercial deals that he does not wish to involve the Russian army indirectly. Furthermore, he has utilized the group to conduct limited ground military operations without incurring casualties to the Russian army, which could spark public outrage.

As long as the deaths of Wagner contractors are not recorded in the Russian Ministry of Defense, they will not be considered practical human losses that require open and transparent declaration. It is important to note that a significant proportion of these fighters were originally not Russian nationals.

Since the beginning of its intervention in Syria, Wagner has sought to take control of the oil and gas fields.

Concurrently, Russia has coerced the Syrian government to grant investment opportunities for these fields to a group of Russian oil companies that are owned by individuals with close ties to Putin. As part of this agreement, Wagner has been granted a portion of the profits made from the extraction of oil in exchange for its provision of security operations to maintain control over these fields.

Russian energy companies, partnering with Wagner, have gained control over contracts to invest in oil and gas fields located in areas such as Badia al-Bukamal, Deir ez-Zors countryside, Raqqa and Homs, along with all the marine areas adjoining the Syrian coast.

Furthermore, these companies have utilized Wagner to negotiate security agreements with local militias and clans outside the control of the Syrian government. These agreements are aimed at securing the areas adjacent to oil and gas fields.

On occasion, Russian companies and the Wagner Group carried out investment operations through shell companies whose ownership was shared by Syrian businessmen with ties to Bashar al-Assad. This was done in exchange for attracting local fighters to safeguard oil facilities.

Wagner Groups activities expanded to encompass the control of phosphate fields in Syrias Palmyra region. They invested in the fields through a partnership with the Russian company Soyuz Naftegaz, with contracts extending for 50 years.

With the expansion of its activities beyond Syria, the Wagner Group has taken advantage of the dire living conditions in Syria to recruit thousands of Syrians and deploy them to work in operations outside the country, particularly in Libya. The group has utilized local front companies to advertise on social media and conduct interviews before sorting the fighters based on their assigned tasks.

In 2021, Syrian media reported the deaths of three Syrians who were working for Wagner Group on security missions in Libya.

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He was appointed prime minister in eastern Libya with a mandate to take over Tripoli.

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Libya has been divided between two governments and two prime ministers.

One of them has now been suspended.Some analysts are warning that another power struggle could emerge.

How will this affect Libyas other government, which is based in Tripoli? And could the move lead to new alliances, both in politics and on the battlefield?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Anas el Gomati Founder and director of Sadeq Institute

Mustafa Fetouri Journalist, academic and commentator on Middle East and North African affairs, specialising in Libya

Jason Pack President of the Libya-Analysis consultancy and author of, Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder

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What are the repercussions of Bashaghas suspension in Libya? - Al Jazeera English

BENGHAZI, Libya, May 16 (Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based parliament voted on Tuesday to replace Fathi Bashagha as prime minister, its spokesperson said, after he failed to take office in Tripoli where the incumbent Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has refused to cede power.

The parliament assigned Bashagha's finance minister Osama Hamad to take over his duties, parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq said, part of an apparent new push to oust Dbeibah and install a new government in Tripoli.

Bashagha was appointed in March 2022 but his efforts to enter Tripoli and take office ended in battles between factions aligned with him and others aligned with Dbeibah, and he has had to operate outside Tripoli with no control of state finances.

He wrote to the parliament earlier on Tuesday saying he was handing his duties over to his deputy Ali Qatrani, without saying whether or when he planned to resume them. A source close to him said Bashagha was taking a personal leave.

Votes and other steps announced by parliamentary authorities have sometimes later been denied by other members of the chamber who accuse the speaker Aguila Saleh of pushing through policies without proper procedure. Saleh has denied this.

Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and it split in 2014 between warring eastern and western factions, though major fighting has been paused since a ceasefire in 2020.

Dbeibah's government was installed through a U.N.-backed process in 2021 that was aimed at holding elections that year, but the vote was cancelled amid disputes over the rules.

Diplomacy now is focused on bringing the parliament and another legislative body, the High State Council, to agree on rules that would allow an election to take place.

However, senior figures in the parliament have pushed for a new interim government before any election, a move their opponents see as a delaying tactic to put off a vote and hang onto their positions.

By replacing Bashagha, figures who oppose Dbeibah may also hope they can win enough support from other factions in western Libya to replace him and gain access to state finances.

The High State Council, which never recognised the appointment of Bashagha, called the parliament's move to replace him a "political absurdity" in a statement.

Reporting by Ayman al-Warfali, writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Alex Richardson

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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