U.N. Mission In Libya Soon To Be Based In Tripoli; 250 Peacekeepers Expected To Protect UNSMIL
September 08 2017
The United Nations is set to deploy 250 Nepalese peacekeepers to Libya to guard its base in Tripoli, says the head of the mission there, as reported by the Libya Observer.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has been based in Tunis, in neighboring Tunisia, since 2014. The mission has been planning to return to Libya in recent months.
The peacekeepers "can be deployed in the coming week," Ghassan Salame, the head of the mission, said on Friday, as quoted by...
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