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Libya's eastern government resigns amid protests – DW – 09/14/2020

An interim government in eastern Libya has resigned hours after protesters set fire to its headquarters in Benghazi. Protests also erupted in the cities of Al-Marj, Sabha and Al-Bayda.
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Libya's eastern government resigns amid protests
An interim government in eastern Libya has resigned hours after protesters set fire to its headquarters in Benghazi. Protests also erupted in the cities of Al-Marj, Sabha and Al-Bayda.



Protests erupt in Benghazi (picture-alliance/AP/H. El-Yamany )

After days of protests against corruption and poor living conditions, the government in eastern Libya announced its resignation on Sunday.

Prime Minister Abdallah al-Thani submitted the resignation to the speaker of the eastern-based House of Representatives, in a country that has seen rival governments in the east and west since long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown in 2011.
Read more: Is Libya a failed state?

Protesters set fire to the government's headquarters in the eastern city of Benghazi, as well as Al-Marj, which is a stronghold of Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA).
Protests also broke out in the southern city of Sabha and Al-Bayda, which is the former seat of government.

Extreme turmoil
Libya has seen extreme political, economic and humanitarian turmoil in the years since Gadhafi's ouster. The latest string of demonstrations, which began on Thursday, has been fueled by regular power cuts, cash shortages and high fuel prices.


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The eastern government has been weakened considerably following a 14-month offensive by the LNA, during which it attempted to take control of the capital, Tripoli. The internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) currently holds the city.

Since January, the country's economic crisis has worsened after Haftar's LNA imposed a blockade on Libya's oil facilities. Negotiations are on to end the blockade.
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Unknown assailants have reportedly attacked the offices of an oil refinery near the city of Erbil and detonated an IED targeting first responders attempting to evacuate the wounded, seriously injuring at least 5 employees of the Iraqi Oil Ministry.
 
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Turkey warns Greece via NAVTEX over shooting exercise on Chios, says violation of treaty - Turkey News https://hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-warns-greece-via-navtex-over-shooting-exercise-on-chios-says-violation-of-treaty-158293
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  • September 15 2020 16:18:00
Turkey warns Greece via NAVTEX over shooting exercise on Chios, says violation of treaty
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Turkey warns Greece via NAVTEX over shooting exercise on Chios, says violation of treaty

Turkey has issued a new NAVTEX in response to Athens’ navigation advisory for a shooting exercise from Greece’s Chios Island and said that Greece had militarized the island in violation of the Lausanne Peace Treaty signed in Switzerland in 1923.
“NAVTEX message, number la08-206/20, is a violation of the demilitarized status of Chios island set by the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty,” Turkey’s NAVTEX İzmir Station announced on Sept. 14.
Following the announcement regarding the shooting training to be carried out by Greece in the region of Chios, a NAVTEX announcement was issued by Turkey, stating that Greece’s activity has violated the demilitarized status of the island, a Turkish security source told Hürriyet Daily News.
The warning of Ankara came as Turkey suspended its seismic research vessel, Oruç Reis, activities in the eastern Mediterranean at the weekend for “maintenance” purposes, according to the Turkish authorities. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has welcomed it as a “positive first step.”
Greece is ready to hold talks with Turkey to discuss the issue of maritime jurisdiction in the eastern Mediterranean, Mitsotakis said on Sept. 15 at a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel. Athens is ready to “immediately” start the talks with Ankara, Mitsotakis noted.
On the other hand, Greek and Turkish delegations met for the second time at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 15 as part of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s initiative on de-confliction talks.
Turkey supports the NATO’s initiative toward de-confliction and Germany’s initiative for de-escalation with the ultimate aim of reviving the already established bilateral mechanisms between Turkey and Greece, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu wrote in his article in Greek Daily Kathimerini on Sept. 15.
“We hope that Athens understands that those are two different things. Turkey respects Greece enough not to want to negotiate and agree with other parties over issues that must be settled directly between the two neighbors,” he said.
Stressing that Turkey will naturally be firm in not allowing attempts to harm its fundamental interests, the minister said, “We maintain a naval presence in the region not for offensive ends, but for self-defense against interference with our seismic research activities within our continental shelf [that was declared in accordance with international law as far back as 16 years ago, by the way!].”
“Dialogue and negotiations are indeed the first and foremost means in international law to address maritime boundary issues. We thus expect Greece to revive all dialogue channels with Turkey without any preconditions. Preconditions beget counter-preconditions [believe me, we could come up with quite a few of our own] and thus are not a good way to seek talks between two neighbors,” he stated.
Turkey’s foreign minister held a phone conversation with his American counterpart on Sept. 14, according to the diplomatic sources.
Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed matters related to Turkish Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean.
Over the weekend, Pompeo visited Greek Cyprus, hot on the heels of the lifting of the U.S. arms embargo on the country.
Turkey decried both moves, saying that Pompeo should also have visited Turkish Cyprus and that lifting the arms embargo only raised tensions in the region.
Turkish, Greek military delegations begin NATO talks
A NATO technical meeting between Turkish and Greek military delegations began on Sept. 15 at the alliance headquarters to discuss methods for reducing risks of incidents in the Eastern Mediterranean, according
to Turkish Defense Ministry.
The talks were planned after a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. An initial meeting was held on Sept. 10.

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#Russia & #Turkey discussing post-#NATO relationship. Recognition of the TRNC by Russia in exchange for recognition of Russian annexation of Crimea by Turkey, co-operation/joint exploration in the #EastMed, Free Trade regions etc on the table. Russia+Turkey = EU Gas Dependence
Russia knows Turkey has found large reserves of gas. The moment it gets Turkey on board it maintains the EU dependence on Russia & Turkey. Instead of Russia loosing its market (the EU) due to Turkish, Israeli and Egyptian gas resources it chose to share the EU market with Turkey.
By partnering up with Turkey- Russia kills EU’s alternative energy suppliers. By supporting Turkish EEZ claims Russia also prevents or delays at the least East Med Pipeline
 
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#Russia & #Turkey discussing post-#NATO relationship. Recognition of the TRNC by Russia in exchange for recognition of Russian annexation of Crimea by Turkey, co-operation/joint exploration in the #EastMed, Free Trade regions etc on the table. Russia+Turkey = EU Gas Dependence
Russia knows Turkey has found large reserves of gas. The moment it gets Turkey on board it maintains the EU dependence on Russia & Turkey. Instead of Russia loosing its market (the EU) due to Turkish, Israeli and Egyptian gas resources it chose to share the EU market with Turkey.
By partnering up with Turkey- Russia kills EU’s alternative energy suppliers. By supporting Turkish EEZ claims Russia also prevents or delays at the least East Med Pipeline
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It seems things are heading towards Turkey and Russia sharing Libya, Turkey aiding Russian presence in Syria, and making sure to stick it to Europe and hold them under energy and immigration chokehold.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1306343834599583744
View: https://twitter.com/ag_libya/status/1306343834599583744?s=20
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This sucks... Every worthless excuse for a human being is trying so damned hard to bring about their hopes for an Armageddon... The rest of the world, outside of religious zealots, wants peace...

Too bad those that want Famine, Pestilence, Conquest, and War, can't go somewhere else to play... Just not on Gaia. She's not their sandbox, and She really isn't happy about all this, either...

Bright Blessings,

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OldArcher said:
This sucks... Every worthless excuse for a human being is trying so damned hard to bring about their hopes for an Armageddon... The rest of the world, outside of religious zealots, wants peace...

Too bad those that want Famine, Pestilence, Conquest, and War, can't go somewhere else to play... Just not on Gaia. She's not their sandbox, and She really isn't happy about all this, either...

Bright Blessings,

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Personally, I'm on the first rocket outta here- soon as the next planet opens up, my driver invents a safe way to transport 10k embryos and finishes his reading assignment- :shkr:
 
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That all assumes Erdogan doesn't over reach and have one of his provocations get out of hand.
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Were I Erdogan I would realize I had it pretty darn good and be sure I knew where the lines of demarcation were so that everything remained in hand.
..He's got enough machismo for a half dozen nation-states though. . .so
 
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