Libya’s interim PM-designate calls for departure of mercenaries

Dbeibah slams the presence of foreign fighters in Libya as a violation of the country’s sovereignty.

Libya’s interim PM-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has called for the departure of some 20,000 foreign fighters present in the country as he made the case for his proposed Cabinet lineup at parliamentary talks. “The mercenaries are a stab in our back – they must leave,” interim premier Dbeibah told Parliament on Tuesday, adding that he would coordinate with the United Nations and the fighters’ countries of origin to arrange for their withdrawal. “Our sovereignty is violated by their presence.”