The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 61 illegal migrants and found 11 people, including a child, dead off the coast of Garrabulli on Tuesday. Since the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s administration in 2011, anarchy in Libya has led many African migrants to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach European ports.
So far this year, Libyan officials have rescued or apprehended 4,335 illegal migrants, 310 of whom have perished and 227 of whom have gone missing.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets after Friday prayers to protest Israel’s recent attacks on the country. The largest gatherings occurred in the capital, Tehran, where demonstrators marched following prayers at Tehran University.
High-ranking officials, including Iran’s Constitutional Court head Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei and former IRGC commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, joined the protest. Participants waved Iranian, Palestinian, and resistance group flags, and trampled on Israeli and US flags laid on the ground.
Protesters held banners reading “Down with Israel”, “Down with the US”, and “The Zionist regime will be destroyed”, while chanting slogans such as “We stand behind our leader”, “Everyone who clashed with Khamenei will eventually be destroyed”, and “Our right to nuclear weapons”.
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