Heavy air raids as PFG chief says LNA trying to hit oil facilities
Mar 12 Nigel Ash

Heavy air raids as PFG chief says LNA trying to hit oil facilities

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 12 March 2017:There are reports of heavy airstrikes tonight on a range of Benghazi Defence Brigades’ positions fro...

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Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Jadhran reported held by gang in Nalut

By Moutaz Ali. Ibrahim Jadhran (file photo)Tripoli, 11 March 2017:Reports that former Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) leader Ibrahim Jadhran, has bee...

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Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Hafter orders detention of LNA members seen in video assault: report

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi,11 March 2017:A video posted on social media purportedly showing Libyan National Army (LNA) members forcing a man to...

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Mar 10 Michel Cousins

Tribal gathering in Benghazi affirms support for Haftar

By Alessandra Bocchi.Tunis, 10 March 2017:Representatives from tribes across the country (but mainly from the east) have reaffirmed their support for...

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Mar 10 Michel Cousins

Barasi warns oilfield fighting will harden division in Libya

By Moutaz Ali. Awad Barasi (File photo)Tripoli, 10 March 2017:The battle for the central oil crescent terminals will only deepen divisions in Libya, f...

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LNA said to have 5,000 troops at Brega while Hafter pays Cairo flying visit
Mar 7 Nigel Ash

LNA said to have 5,000 troops at Brega while Hafter pays Cairo flying visit

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi,  7 March 2017:The Libyan National Army is said to have massed 5,000 troops with tanks and artillery in the  Brega...

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PC sends Petroleum Facilities Guards to take over Sidra and Ras Lanuf
Mar 7 Nigel Ash

PC sends Petroleum Facilities Guards to take over Sidra and Ras Lanuf

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 7 March 2017:The Presidency Council moved quickly to send Petroleum Facilities Guards to take over the Sidra and Ras Lanuf oil...

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Mar 7 Michel Cousins

HoR suspends Dialogue, rejects Presidency Council members

By Jamie Prentis and Moutaz Ali.Tunis/Tripoli, 7 March 2017:The House of Representative’s (HoR) voted to suspend its involvement in the Libya Dialogue...

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LNA claims its retreat has stopped at Al-Uqaylah
Mar 6 Nigel Ash

LNA claims its retreat has stopped at Al-Uqaylah

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, Tripoli and Tunis, 6 March 2017:The Libyan National Army is putting a brave face on its ouster by the Benghazi Def...

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Mar 6 Michel Cousins

National Dialogue “only way out of political stalemate in Libya” Egypt insists after LNA oil crescent reverse

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 6 March 2017:Egypt has insisted that dialogue is the only way Libya can extract itself from the current political crisis. Resu...

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