Travel Ban Imposed on E Libya Citizens to Tackle Terrorism
Local Editor
Authorities controlling eastern Libya banned citizens aging between 18 and 45 from traveling abroad without a permission, in a step aiming to prevent them from joining foreign terrorist groups.
The ban, imposed by the Council of Deputies on Thursday, is supposed to be temporary and the most Libyan citizens will be able to undergo security check within a day, the BBC News broadcaster said citing a source from the military chief of staff's office.
The order will not affect the whole Libyan nation, as the country is currently divided between the rival governments - the Council of Deputies based in Tobruk and the Tripoli-based General National Congress, since the country has been engulfed in a state of turmoil after its longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011.
The internal conflict and instability prompted the advance of terrorist groups, particularly Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL' group.
Libya's Armed Forces of the Council of Deputies have been engaged in operations against Daesh and al-Qaeda terrorist group, which had seized parts of the eastern towns of Benghazi and Ajdabiya.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
