Italian companies in energy sector leave Tripoli… ISIS attack in Fuhaqa

The Libya Observer reported that the President of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce, Gianfranco Damiano confirmed that part of the Italian companies operating in the oil and gas sector and the field of engineering projects have left Tripoli as a result of the military clashes that broke out during the past few days in the outskirts of the capital.

Damiano confirmed that some Italian companies are still operating within the country naturally, clarifying that the Italian business owners in Misurata and Benghazi are still running their businesses normally.

Earlier, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Monday to discuss the offensive being waged by Khalifa Haftar, a strongman based in the east of the country, the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) said via Facebook on Tuesday.

The leaders discussed “developments and the repercussions of the attack by the forces of Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli and a series of Libya cities” according to the post.

Conte stated that Italy categorically rejects this attack that creates instability, hitting the civil airport of Tripoli and threatening the lives of civilians and appealed for the immediate end of this military operation and called for Haftar’s forces to return to the positions that they started from.

In the meantime, ISIS has carried out an attack in Fuhaqa, central Libya, for which it took responsibility, killing two people, including the president of the city council, and abducting the head of the municipal guards.

In the attack last night in the city located over 600 km south-east of Tripoli, the terrorists reportedly set on fire the headquarters of the municipal guards and the homes of a number of police officers, according to the website of broadcaster Libya Channel. ISIS stated it was carried out in retaliation for the territory lost in Syria, according to SITE, which monitors extremism online.
Via The Libya Observer and ANSA