US bombs IS camps near Sirte; dozens claimed killed
Jan 19 Michel Cousins

US bombs IS camps near Sirte; dozens claimed killed

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 19 January 2017:US airstrikes are said to have killed dozens of fighters from the so-called Islamic State (IS) at two...

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Nov 24 Sami Zaptia

AFRICOM airstrikes against ISIS in Sirte reach 420 since 1st August

By Sami Zaptia.The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reported that it had conducted its 420th airstrike against ISIS in Sirte (Logo: AFRICOM).London, 24...

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Trump will make IS in Libya a priority says security adviser
Nov 12 Nigel Ash

Trump will make IS in Libya a priority says security adviser

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 12 November 2016:A senior security adviser to Donald Trump has said that the president-elect is going to make the d...

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Another deadly day in Sirte for Bunyan Marsous
Oct 14 Michel Cousins

Another deadly day in Sirte for Bunyan Marsous

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 14 October 2016:Intensive fighting today in Sirte’s Manara district, one of the last parts of the town still not cap...

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Serraj confers with US military chiefs on operations against IS
Aug 25 Michel Cousins

Serraj confers with US military chiefs on operations against IS

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 25 August 2016:Faiez Serraj, head of the Presidency Council has had talks in Germany with the head of the US Africa Command (Af...

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Aug 22 Sami Zaptia

US airstrikes against IS in Sirte reach 74: Africom

By Sami Zaptia. (Africom).London, 22 August 2016:The US Africa Command (Africom) has reported that it has carried out 74 airstrikes against IS in Sirt...

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US says Libyan armed forces training to go ahead
Nov 20 Michel Cousins

US says Libyan armed forces training to go ahead

By Leonard Powell. Washington, 20 November 2013:The Pentagon have reaffirmed the US decision to provide basic combat training to the Libyan armed forc...

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Top US commander in Tripoli talks
May 21 Nigel Ash

Top US commander in Tripoli talks

Tripoli, 21 May 2012:Washington’s top commander in Africa, General Carter F. Ham, yesterday paid an unannounced visit to Tripoli to meet senior office...

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Apr 24 Michel Cousins

Libya and Tunisia to step up border security

Tripoli, 24 April:Libya and Tunisia have agreed to step up border security to counter smuggling and cross-border crime. The agreement came during a tw...

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