The head of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) has vowed to repel any Italian ships approaching Libya’s waters without permission. On Wednesday, Italy’s parliament approved a plan to send naval boats to Libya to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Italy is the main recipient of migrants making the dangerous trip from Libya. Source BBC
The police were again attacked by forty individuals this Thursday evening in Saint-Priest (Rhone). Five people were arrested and placed in police custody. As a safety measure, firefighters waited for the police to arrive to intervene. Once on the scene, policemen and firefighters were stalled by forty attackers. To defend themselves, the police used about fifty teargas grenades and a dozen shots of launcher of defense balls Source Actu17.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an advisory to U.S. commercial airliners flying over the waters of the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to exercise caution as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to simmer. The advisory, issued by the FAA on Thursday and circulated late on Friday, said the warning came amidst “heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region which present an increasing inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operations due to the potential for miscalculation or mis-identification”. Source: Reuters
The police had just tried to check the driver of a Renault Clio and his passenger, who managed to escape. During the pursuit, one of the municipal police vehicles accidentally collided with another car, a few minutes after the accident, the agents were targeted by projectiles launched by a dozen young people. National police reinforcements intervened to restore calm. These incidents did not cause injuries and an investigation was opened. Source: Le Dauphine
