Category: Legal-Judicial

Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi group on the capital Sanaa killed at least 20 people overnight, including civilians, Houthi media and residents said, in one of its deadliest attacks since 2019.

Around 14 people were killed when coalition planes struck the home of a high-ranking Houthi military official, including his wife and son, according to neighbors and a medic.

The air strikes followed Monday’s drone and missile attack on coalition partner the United Arab Emirates that was claimed by the Iran-aligned Houthis and killed three people.

The coalition also said it intercepted eight Houthi drones launched toward Saudi Arabia on Monday.

Early on Tuesday, the coalition said it had begun air strikes against strongholds and camps in Sanaa belonging to the Houthi group, Saudi state media said.

Houthi media named the Houthi military official whose home was struck as Abdullah Qassim al-Junaid, the former head of the Houthis’ aviation college.

The strike killed him, his wife, his 25-year-old son, other family members and other unidentified people, the medical source and residents told Reuters.

On Tuesday men at the aftermath combed through rubble, strewn with belongings, books and twisted metal, as well as debris from heavily damaged neighboring houses.

At the scene Ahmad al-Ahdal said his uncle’s house was hit after the strike on Junaid’s home.

“My uncle went in with rescuers to extract the victims in Junaid’s house,” he said. “We have been unable to find him since then.”

Junaid was among over 170 Houthi officials sentenced to death by firing squad in August by a court in the province of Marib, which remains under the control of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized Yemeni government.

The court found the defendants, most of whom were tried in absentia, guilty of staging a military coup and committing war crimes, state media reported at the time.

Coalition strikes around the city overnight killed a total of about 20 people, the deputy foreign minister for the Houthi administration, which holds much of northern Yemen, said on Twitter.

The UAE armed and trained Yemeni forces that recently joined fighting against the Houthis in Yemen’s energy-producing regions of Shabwa and Marib.

Monday’s Houthi-claimed attack on two sites in Abu Dhabi set off explosions in fuel trucks and ignited a blaze near Abu Dhabi airport.

In response, the UAE said it reserved the right to respond to “terrorist attacks and criminal escalation.”

Source: Voice of America

Tripoli, Interior Minister Khaled Mazen on Monday held a meeting with the European Union’s Ambassador to Libya José Sabadell, during which a number of files were discussed, including illegal migration and its implications and security challenge for Libya and the EU.

Mazen stressed the need for developing a joint strategy for cooperation with the European Union for the year 2022 with regard to security cooperation and files supported by the Union in accordance with the agreements and memorandums of understanding between the two sides. For his part, the EU Ambassador expressed his understanding of what the minister put forward, stressing readiness of the European Union to work in accordance with the joint strategy, and support for the Libyan Interior Ministry.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, Minister of Interior “Khaled Mazen” met today, Monday, with the Ambassador of the European Union, “José Sabadell”, the security and counter-terrorism official, Colonel “Amunoli” and the political advisor at the mission, “Andrew”.

The Ministry of Interior said on its Facebook page that the meeting was held in the presence of the director of the security planning department in the ministry, Major General “Jamal Safar”, the director of the Department of Relations and Cooperation, Dean “Salah al-Din bin Suleiman”, his deputy, Dean “Jalal Howaidi”, and the head of the performance evaluation and follow-up office, Brigadier General Suleiman al-Baroni. And Colonel Abdul Jalil Bate is a member of the Central Committee.

The ministry indicated that the meeting comes within the framework of the meetings that the minister is conducting related to resolving some important and urgent files, on top of which is the illegal immigration file, and its repercussions pose as a security challenge for the Libyan state and the countries of the union.

The Minister of Interior stressed the development of a joint strategy for cooperation with the European Union for the year 2022 regarding security cooperation and the files supported by the Union in accordance with the agreements and memoranda of understanding signed between the two sides.

For his part, Sabadell expressed his understanding of what the Minister of the Interior presented, stressing that the European Union is fully prepared to work according to the common strategy.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, The President of the Presidential Council Mohammed Al Mnefi met on Sunday with the President of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Council of the Judiciary Mohamed Al-Hafi, to discuss several issues related to a number of judicial and legal files, as well as other important topics.

Presidential and parliamentary elections and ways to make the national reconciliation project, launched by the Presidential Council, a success, were discussed at the meeting which was held at the Presidential Council.

Al Mnefi stressed at the meeting the need to communicate with the judicial authorities at this juncture of Libya’s history, stressing the importance of judicial independence in building a democratic state on the basis of justice and equality.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Istanbul, A memorandum of understanding was signed in Istanbul between the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority and the Turkish Directorate General of Aviation, which includes technical infrastructure, strengthening training, updating and implementation of plans for the development of Libyan civil aviation.

According to the memorandum, the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority will begin to restructure and train its employees, which will contribute to raising their efficiency, in addition to expanding training on airports, aviation security, ramp control, and technical support.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Tripoli, The Office of the Presidency of the Supreme Council of State held a meeting with the heads of the permanent committees of the Council, in the capital, Tripoli; To discuss the latest political developments, especially the election file.

According to what was published by the Council’s media office, it was emphasized to expedite taking practical steps to complete the constitutional and electoral process through the referendum on the constitution, the issuance of consensual laws, and the end of the transitional stages.

Source: Libyan News Agency