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Libyan Coast Guard Rescues 59 Illegal Migrants

The Libyan Coast Guard on Monday rescued 59 illegal migrants of different African nationalities (Anadolu Agency)
The Libyan Coast Guard on Monday rescued 59 illegal migrants of different African nationalities (Anadolu Agency)
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Libyan Coast Guard Rescues 59 Illegal Migrants

The Libyan Coast Guard on Monday rescued 59 illegal migrants of different African nationalities (Anadolu Agency)
The Libyan Coast Guard on Monday rescued 59 illegal migrants of different African nationalities (Anadolu Agency)

The Libyan Coast Guard on Monday rescued 59 illegal migrants of different African nationalities as they attempted to cross to European shores.

A spokesman for the Libyan Navy said the Navy boat Obari launched the rescue operation.

Over the past decade, Libya has become a main transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty

The European Union has partnered with Libya to prevent migrants from making the journey by sea to Europe.

Last month, more than 600 migrants who tried to reach Europe by boat were returned to Libya by Libyan naval forces, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on May 10 that some 600 illegal migrants have been rescued off Libya's western coast.

According to the IOM, a total of 11,891 illegal immigrants were rescued and returned to Libya in 2021, noting that 381 migrants died and 597 went missing on the Central Mediterranean route during the same period.

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Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Visits Military Positions in the Country's South

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
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Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Visits Military Positions in the Country's South

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (C) arrives with cabinet ministers for a meeting at Benoit Barakat barracks in Tyre, southern Lebanon, 07 December 2024. (EPA)

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has begun a tour of military positions in the country’s south, almost a month after a ceasefire deal that ended the war between Israel and the Hezbollah group that battered the country.
Najib Mikati on Monday was on his first visit to the southern frontlines, where Lebanese soldiers under the US-brokered deal are expected to gradually deploy, with Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops both expected to withdraw by the end of next month, The Associated Press said.
Mikati’s tour comes after the Lebanese government expressed its frustration over ongoing Israeli strikes and overflights in the country.
“We have many tasks ahead of us, the most important being the enemy's (Israel's) withdrawal from all the lands it encroached on during its recent aggression,” he said after meeting with army chief Joseph Aoun in a Lebanese military barracks in the southeastern town of Marjayoun. “Then the army can carry out its tasks in full.”
The Lebanese military for years has relied on financial aid to stay functional, primarily from the United States and other Western countries. Lebanon’s cash-strapped government is hoping that the war’s end and ceasefire deal will bring about more funding to increase the military’s capacity to deploy in the south, where Hezbollah’s armed units were notably present.
Though they were not active combatants, the Lebanese military said that dozens of its soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes on their premises or patrolling convoys in the south. The Israeli army acknowledged some of these attacks.