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Saleh Rejects Establishment of Military Bases in Libya

Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives Aguila Saleh. Reuters
Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives Aguila Saleh. Reuters
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Saleh Rejects Establishment of Military Bases in Libya

Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives Aguila Saleh. Reuters
Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives Aguila Saleh. Reuters

Aguila Saleh, Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, has expressed rejection to the establishment of foreign military bases in Libya

"Regarding foreign military bases, we reject [the establishment of] any military base in our country, we can defend our country ourselves," Saleh said in an interview with Sputnik news agency.

He added in the remarks published Friday that only the exchange of expertise and military and technical cooperation with other countries are acceptable to Libya.

The Libyan parliament has agreed with the head of the United Nations Mission in Libya on the next steps on forming a government and holding elections, Saleh told Sputnik.

"The recent meeting with Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Abdoulaye Bathily was very positive, and we agreed on the next steps to form a government and hold elections. It is necessary to take practical measures in this direction by the end of December," he said.

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Lebanon Says 6 More Killed in Fighting in the past 24 Hours

A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
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Lebanon Says 6 More Killed in Fighting in the past 24 Hours

A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)

Lebanon’s crisis response unit says six people have been killed and 69 wounded in the past 24 hours in the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The new numbers raise the total toll over the past year of conflict to 2,418 killed and 11,336 wounded, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Friday.

The crisis response unit report also records 87 airstrikes and shellings in the past day, mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon and the Nabatiyeh province.

Some 1,098 centers — including educational complexes, vocational institutes, universities, and other institutions — are sheltering 191,501 people, including 44,646 families, displaced by the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, the report says.

Among these shelters, 902 are full. The fighting in Lebanon has driven 1.2 million people from their homes, including more than 400,000 children, according to the UN children’s agency.

The Lebanese Ministry of Education reports that 77 % of public schools are out of service, either due to their use as shelters or their location in areas directly affected by the war.

Despite a major border crossing between Lebanon and Syria being out of commission after an Israeli strike on the road, crowds continue to flow across the border seeking safety in Syria. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 18, Lebanese General Security recorded 335,948 Syrian and 135,181 Lebanese citizens crossing into Syria, the report said.