Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

ICC-wanted Warfali assassinated in Benghazi

By Sami Zaptia.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had expressed his alarm at images circulating of an alleged summary execution by Mahmoud Warfali...

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Rada continues raids on Tripoli's criminal dens
Jan 15 Sami Zaptia

Rada continues raids on Tripoli's criminal dens

By Sami Zaptia.London, 15 January 2017: The Rada (Special Deterrence) Force continued its raids on criminal dens in the ‘‘Gragsha’’ area of the Gargar...

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Army retakes ground in Benghazi lost yesterday to IS
Aug 15 Nigel Ash

Army retakes ground in Benghazi lost yesterday to IS

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 15 August 2015:The army said that it had retaken ground lost yesterday to IS fighters on the edge of Benghazi’s Sa...

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Feb 7 Sami Zaptia

Top terror suspects arrested in eastern Libya: Interior Ministry

By Libya Herald reporter.Malta, 7 February 2015:The Ministry of Interior has announced that it has arrested a number of top terror suspects in Benghaz...

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Local residents stop gunmen taking over Benghazi civil defence centre
Sep 12 Michel Cousins

Local residents stop gunmen taking over Benghazi civil defence centre

By Farah Waleed.Benghazi, 12 September 2014:A group of gunmen, believed to be members of Ansar Sharia who were attacking civil defence centre in Bengh...

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Aug 16 Sami Zaptia

Friday demonstrations for and against HoR - again marred by gunfire

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 16 August 2014:Yesterday's Martyr Square demonstration in central Tripoli were again, and for the second successive Friday, ma...

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Jun 17 Nigel Ash

No role in Bukhatallah seizure: Operation Dignity

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 17 June 2014:Operation Dignity played no part in the US seizure of Ahmed Bukhatallah on Sunday, nor did it know anything ab...

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Jun 17 Callum Paton

Five dead in Benghazi over past two days

By Noora Ibrahim and Moutaz Ahmed.  Benghazi, 17 June 2014: The bodies of five men all killed in Benghazi have arrived at the city’s medical centre...

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American special forces capture top Islamist leader, Ahmed Bukhatallah, in Benghazi operation
Jun 17 Nigel Ash

American special forces capture top Islamist leader, Ahmed Bukhatallah, in Benghazi operation

By Libya Herald reportersBenghazi and Tripoli, 17 June 2014:Ahmed Bukhatallah, the Ansar Sharia leader indicted by Washington as a prime suspect in th...

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Jun 15 Nigel Ash

At least 57 die and 74 injured in Benghazi fighting today

By Noorah Ibrahim.Benghazi, 15 June 2014:There are unconfirmed reports that Ansar Sharia lost 53 dead and 62 injured, many seriously, in the heavy fig...

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