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One dead, multiple injured in clashes between GNA factions in Libya’s Tajoura

One person was killed and multiple others were wounded during clashes between different groups within the Government of National Accord (GNA) in the Libyan town of Tajoura, according to Al Arabiya sources.

No further details were provided.

Since 2014, Libya has been split, with a government controlling the capital, Tripoli, and the northwest, while military leader Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi rules the east.

Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia, while the GNA is backed by Turkey.

France Insists on Mali’s Return to Civilian Rule

French President Emmanuel Macron, in a September 22 UN General Assembly (UNGA) speech, made continued French military involvement contingent upon Mali’s restoration of civilian rule. He was blunt: “They (the junta) must put Mali on the irreversible path of returning to civilian power and organize rapid elections.” And, “France […] can only remain engaged on this condition.”

Libya’s LNA announces killing of ISIS leader

Ahmed al-Mismari said Abu Moaz al-Iraqi was among nine extremists killed a raid earlier this month but was only identified afterwards.

Eastern Libyan forces said on Wednesday they killed the leader of ISIS in North Africa during a raid in the southern desert city of Sebha earlier this month.

Iran- Turkey Partnership: A New Front in Libya

There is strategic consensus among political elites currently ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey states. Despite of few turmoil, both states want to retain cordial relations that can lead towards the support of each other’s national sovereignty and stability.

Maroc : vers une récession économique plus brutale en 2020

Tous les indicateurs devraient fortement se dégrader en 2020 à cause de la crise sanitaire et des mesures des autorités, avant de se redresser en 2021.

Plus sombres qu’en juin dernier, les nouvelles prévisions macroéconomiques pour le Maroc prévoient une récession plus brutale pour 2020 à cause de la crise sanitaire. L’économie du pays devrait se contracter de 6,3 %, et non de 5,2 % comme la banque centrale marocaine l’avait annoncé, en raison d’un « redémarrage plus lent que prévu » face à la pandémie. Des prévisions amenées à évoluer tant la situation est encore incertaine.

Russian officers train Syrian mercenaries and send them to support Haftar’s army

The Turkish news agency Anadolu has accused Russia of sending several hundred Syrian mercenaries to eastern Libya.

Anadolu claims that according to local sources, about four hundred Syrians have already arrived in Libya. It is reported that all these people are mercenaries and were trained in a special camp near the Syrian city of Kamyshly. The Turkish agency claims that the instructors for the Syrian fighters were Russian officers. After training, all the cadets were sent to Khmeimim, and from there they were transferred to Libya.