GNA Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha: The approval of the Egyptian parliament to deploy combat forces outside its western borders is a declaration of war on #Libya, a violation of the Arab League Charter, and a violation of the United Nations Charter.

🔗 Arraed News

Map from General Al Mismari's Press Conference (LNA) #Libya
Map legend: (Red) weapons (Green) migration (Black) terror (Blue) and gas.

@CIG_telegram

#Libya Ceasefire Announced

GNA declares a ceasefire and the suspension of all military operations in all Libyan territories

https://twitter.com/AlainBRK/status/1296743347554574337

Al-Sarraj: The ceasefire will require that the Sirte and Al-Jufrah areas be demilitarized, and that the police forces secure them

https://twitter.com/libyaalahrartv/status/1296744134762528768

GNA: Oil production and export must be resumed and its revenues deposited in a special account for the oil corporation

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/status/1296743375002112001

The United Nations Mission in Libya: We welcome the statements of the Presidency Council and the House of Representatives aimed at a ceasefire and activation of the political process

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/status/1296744509120876545

Aqila Saleh: I welcome Al-Sarraj's call for a ceasefire in all Libyan regions

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/1296755829513900032

Speaker of Tobruk-based House of Representatives Aqailah Saleh announces an immediate ceasefire and end of all hostilities in Libya, minutes after a similar announcement by Chairman of Presidential Council, Fayez Sarraj

https://twitter.com/Lyobserver/status/1296755019576942594

Breaking News: Speaker of east Libya House of Representatives Aqailah Saleh calls for relocation of the “new” Presidential Council to Sirte after implementation of ceasefire

https://twitter.com/Lyobserver/status/1296756305869365248

The Arab League welcomes the mutual declaration of a cease-fire in Libya

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/1296813062478082048

The United Nations mission: The deportation of all foreign forces and mercenaries on Libyan soil must begin

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/status/1296754487797911552

The Libyan Parliament calls for the launch of a national reconciliation and the organization of general elections

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/1296758788591169536

The US Embassy in Libya welcomes the declaration of a mutual ceasefire

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/1296782422307221504

Map from General Al Mismari's Press Conference (LNA) #Libya
Map legend: (Red) weapons (Green) migration (Black) terror (Blue) and gas.

@CIG_telegram

🇱🇾Pro-LNA Media, Libya Review, on August 23, 2020:
— "LNA Spokesperson Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari: Turkey & the GNA are planning an attack on Sirte."

https://twitter.com/LibyaReview/status/1297556192278065152

It appears the LNA media account deleted the YouTube video of the General but Bellum Acta saved it for archive purposes. You can see the map at 12:44, the map itself is easy enough to understand without subtitles. Reposting here for future reference. #Libya

https://t.me/BellumActa/528531

Map from General Al Mismari's Press Conference (LNA) #Libya
Map legend: (Red) weapons (Green) migration (Black) terror (Blue) and gas.

@CIG_telegram

Russian-language channel @rybar:
🇱🇾🇺🇳🇷🇺 About Russia-NATO negotiations and the possibility of revenge in North Africa

The Brussels informer @brussinf notes that the expected breakthrough did not happen, and the alliance is ready for further dialogue only in words. And this is against the backdrop of the need to adopt sub-regional plans for a new NATO Deterrence and Defense Strategy in the Euro-Atlantic region. And with a high degree of probability, sluggish "ultimatums" will provoke further hawkish rhetoric and increase in budgets.

🔻 After the Kazakh crisis, all eyes are on Ukraine and the near approaches to Russia, because these are logical directions for countering Moscow. NATO itself skillfully stirs up jingoistic and revanchist sentiments within our country, once again repeating the mantra about the possible admission of Ukraine and Georgia to NATO. And it is quite natural to expect a rapprochement between Russia and China.

🔻 But in Russian society, a lot was expected from the negotiations. For a month they were talking about the Russian ultimatum, red lines, they emphasized that Russia was returning to big politics. And in fact it turned out to be a form of humiliation.

❗️ Another thing is important: against the backdrop of the failure of the Russia-NATO negotiations, squabbling has intensified within the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The author of the Spy channel, to whom no one writes, @genshab very accurately characterizes the 404 departments: this is not a political center of power, but a bureaucratic department. A quilt artificially sewn from various patches that is bursting at the seams. The authors of NEZYGAR @russica2 also pay attention to this: Lavrov's positions are weakening, and the negotiations are intercepted by the head of the Security Council, Patrushev.

Against the backdrop of such criticism of the department 404 under the name "Russian Foreign Ministry", negotiations on Libya will be held: UN Special Representative for Libya Stephanie Williams is flying to Moscow. The same man whose agreements with the Misrata factions provoked the actual disruption of the elections a month ago and the attempted coup d'état.

The intervention of the UN provoked a squabble between the factions. Most likely, it is important for Stephanie Williams to improve her own image and try to influence Eastern Libya through Moscow so that the elections in June will finally take place. For this, she meets with Sergei Vershinin.

And here, it would seem, is a chance: against the backdrop of awkward statements at meetings with the EU and NATO, the possibility of bending the UN on Libya is something that could today help improve the image of the Russian foreign ministry.

But will they take advantage of this chance on Smolenskaya Square?
#Libya #NATO #UN #Russia
@rybar

Russian-language channel @rybar added our commentary to their discussion:
🇱🇾🇺🇳🇷🇺 "Do or die"

Our words about the activities of the Russian Foreign Ministry were commented on by one of the oldest English-language Telegram channels - Counter Intelligence Global @CIG_telegram. For those who don’t know, this is one of the central “nodes” of the Western Telegram, which has been closely following the agenda since 2016 and has repeatedly fallen under both blocking and forced removal.

And here's the thing: you call the team of Rybar, Igor Dimitriev, Elder Edda, Spy, the collective NEZYGAR - all those who live on the territory of Russia - alarmists. And here is an opinion from abroad.

And you are guaranteed not to like it. Because this is the last stage before disappointment in Russia, which is perceived there as a stronghold of opposition to globalism and everything evil and bad.

A man from the West, historically sympathetic to anti-globalist efforts, sounds the alarm:

The Russian Foreign Ministry found itself in a do-or-die situation in order to gain respect both on the international arena and among the domestic audience. Will they make it? The constant retreat shows Russia sleeping and carefree, losing its positions. But it is impossible to awaken someone who is pretending to be asleep, especially "humans" acting like frightened, cowardly rabbits.

Pro-Putinists and Westerners notice this. Turkey shoots down a Russian plane - nothing happens. Azerbaijan shoots down a Russian helicopter - nothing happens. NATO expands to the east - nothing happens. Nothing is protected. None of the places are promoting their interests. Westerners used to be afraid of Russia, but now they say that the Russians are bluffing.

If Russian diplomats cannot become people of action, then at least solve important internal problems. Deal with the replacement of the indigenous population with migrants and the dominance of mosques. If not, then it's a waste of everyone's time - not a single result.

In the case of Libya, it is not so important who is elected. It is more important to apply pressure here in order to prepare a springboard for action in other areas. People lose faith when, instead of moving forward, they see braking at crucial moments. You need to seize the moment and rush forward. Rest is like death. Seize the day to live.

We carefully read the comments and Alexei Naumov, and Sergei Grigorov, and the Battle of the Titans.

Colleagues, we understand that we want too much from our Foreign Ministry. And the fact that on Smolenskaya Square they have ceased to be afraid to make statements so as not to offend dear sworn partners is already gold. But this is not enough.

For now, we only hear conversations.

Expectations from the Russia-NATO negotiations were artificially inflated and exaggerated: the Russian propaganda apparatus is to blame. Therefore, the cruel reality - that very "heart-to-heart talk" - was perceived so negatively.

Now they are talking about "red lines". And it's good if they really exist.

And if not?
#Libya #NATO #UN #Russia
@rybar

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: Al-Qassam Brigades (#HAMAS) released a photo of the "Marine Commandos"; the group that allegedly landed on #Ashkelon.

The members of the unit appear to be armed with AK-103-2 rifles (smuggled from #Libya) and an FN MAG / Helwan 920 machine gun.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1711018768627806506

🇱🇾 Libya's $70 bln Wealth Fund Sees Thaw in UN Asset Freeze by Year-end

The Libyan Investment Authority is expecting UN sign-off by the end of the year to actively manage its $70 billion in assets for the first time in more than a decade, its chief executive told Reuters.

The LIA, set up under Muammar Gaddafi in 2006 to manage the country's oil wealth, has been under a United Nations asset freeze since the 2011 revolution that toppled Gaddafi.

This means that in order for Africa's largest sovereign wealth fund to make new investments, or even move cash from negative interest rate accounts, where they have been losing money, the LIA needs UN Security Council sign-off.

Chief Executive Ali Mahmoud Mohamed said the authority is confident the council will provide the landmark approval by November or December for an investment plan it submitted in March.

The UN Security Council Committee was not immediately available to comment. Last year, after meeting with the LIA, its members "noted the progress made on the implementation of the LIA's Transformation Strategy" and stressed "the importance of guaranteeing the frozen funds for the benefit of the Libyan people."

If the UN does not approve its investment proposals, Mohamed said "we will keep trying...we will keep asking and requesting."

#Libya

@africaintel

🇱🇾 Libya's El Feel oilfield halts production, engineers say

Libya's El Feel oilfield has halted output, say engineers, as closures spread amid a standoff over control of the central bank and the country's oil revenue.

On Monday authorities in the east of the country where most of its oilfields lie threatened to close them all, stepping up their standoff with the country's internationally recognised government in Tripoli.

There has still been no confirmation of any closures from Libya's internationally recognised government in Tripoli - which is heavily dependent on the fields for its revenues - or from the National Oil Corp (NOC) which controls the country's oil resources.

The government in Benghazi is not internationally recognised, but most oilfields are under the control of eastern Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar.

#Libya

@africaintel