By Libya Herald reporters.

Chief of Staff Nazhuri has threatened to fire on foreign ships approaching Libyan ports not sanctioned by the HoR (Photo: LANA News Agency). Military governor Nazhuri replaces 12th eastern mayor (Photo: LANA News Agency
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Tripoli, 1 November 2016:

The army has appointed a military officer to run another district in the east, bringing to a dozen the number of municipalities where the mayor has been fired and replaced by Cyrenica’s military governor Major-General Abdul Razzak Al-Nazhuri.

The latest municipality to have the change imposed is Al-Sahil, also known as Al-Dirsiyah, between Marj and Beida. It contains the towns of Tolmeita, Batta, Al-Bayyadah and Qasr Libya.

So far elected mayors have been replaced in Abyar, Ajdabiya, Benghazi, Derna, Kufra, Marj, Shahat, Sidra, Suluq, Tobruk and Ben Jawad which is a military zone.