According to security sources, President of the Libyan Supreme State Council Mohamed al-Menfi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Aguila Saleh and Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha met in Ankara to ensure political and military unity in Libya, organize elections and maintain stability.
AI-generated summary
There has been a political and military divide between the two main governments in Libya since the 2011 civil war. The Supreme Council of State represents the internationally recognized government based in Tripoli, while the House of Representatives sits in Tobruk and forms a separate administration. This division prevented the holding of national elections and ensuring constitutional integrity.
According to information obtained from security sources, Kalın met with Salih and Takala in Ankara.
During the meeting, Libya and regional developments, steps to be taken towards the continuation of Libya-Türkiye cooperation, and ongoing efforts to ensure political and military unity and maintain stability in Libya were discussed.
Achieving permanent progress on issues that have remained unresolved for a long time and reaching a broad consensus among all parties were also discussed during the meeting.
At the meeting, where the leading roles of the Supreme State Council and the House of Representatives in establishing stability and advancing political processes were emphasized, the parties agreed on the goals of ensuring political unity and unifying institutions.
The issues of holding Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Libya, ending the debates on executive authority, and ensuring full integrity in the military and political fields have been discussed for a long time, and no solution could be produced despite the attempts of various parties.
This meeting held in Ankara is of great importance as the heads of the two institutions came together for the first time on these issues, hosted by Türkiye, and made concrete progress in the blocked processes.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The process of political and military unity in Libya will progress and a time frame for elections can be determined.
Possible · Within months
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israeli practices such as settlement expansion, land allocation, house demolition and military checkpoints in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are a dangerous escalation. Abbas said that Israel confiscated more than $6 billion of Palestinian money and that it was used to force the people to migrate. He also criticized that the E1 settlement project would weaken the possibility of an independent Palestinian state, the failure to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and Israel's continued attacks. Abbas described the Palestinian internal reform and election process as a national choice and announced that legislative elections were planned for November 28.
Israeli state television announced that a new round of negotiations will be held with Lebanon in Rome, the capital of Italy, on September 15-16. During the negotiations, the issue of establishing a force that will determine whether the pilot areas in southern Lebanon have been cleared of Hezbollah elements will be on the agenda. While it was stated that the USA aims to hand over the areas where Israel will withdraw to the Lebanese army, the results of a survey were also shared that the majority of Lebanese support the negotiations.

According to security sources, Kalın, Salih and Takala met in Ankara within the framework of ensuring political and military unity in Libya, continuation of Libya-Türkiye cooperation and ongoing efforts in regional stability. During the meeting, permanent progress on issues that have remained unresolved for a long time and reaching a broad consensus among all parties were discussed. The leading roles of the Supreme State Council and the House of Representatives were emphasized, and the parties agreed on the goals of achieving political unity and unifying institutions. The issues of holding Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Libya, ending the debates on executive authority, and ensuring full integrity in military-political areas were discussed. This meeting is of great importance as the heads of the two institutions come together for the first time, hosted by Türkiye, and it provides concrete progress in the blocked processes.
The Israeli army targeted the El-Mansouri, Binti Jubeil, Mercaiyun and Ali et-Tahir hills in the south of Lebanon with air strikes and announced that it destroyed more than 2 kilometers of tunnels belonging to Hezbollah. No casualties or injuries were reported in the attacks.

A fire that started at home in Bukavu, the capital of the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spread to two schools and took the lives of 15 students. The cause of the fire has not yet been disclosed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that US President Donald Trump said that Iran was trying to rebuild its nuclear capacity, and argued that Israel would not allow this. Netanyahu threatened to launch new attacks against Lebanon and Iran, and together with Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, he announced that the Israeli army targeted the Ali Tahir Hill area in southern Lebanon and that Hezbollah's tunnels were destroyed.