Jun 8 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns ISIL-claimed terror attack in Sebha

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 June 2021:UNSMIL yesterday condemned the ISIL-claimed terrorist attack on 6 June in Sebha which it said ‘‘killed a number of...

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Dec 12 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns violence in south Libya while recognizing legitimate grievances

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 December 2018:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed its strong condemnation of Sunday’s consecutive...

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Bodies of Egyptian Copts murdered by ISIL in Sirte returned to Egypt
May 15 Sami Zaptia

Bodies of Egyptian Copts murdered by ISIL in Sirte returned to Egypt

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 May 2018:The remains of 20 Egyptian Copts ceremoniously murdered while being recorded on video by the terrorist organizatio...

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Apr 3 Sami Zaptia

Anti-terror operation ‘‘Nation’s Storm’’ launched by PC

By Sami Zaptia.Lugano, 3 April 2018: Libya’s Presidency Council, headed by Faiez Serraj, in his guise as Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces...

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Mar 9 Sami Zaptia

ISIL exploiting divisions and smuggling networks: UN Libya Experts Panel report

By Sami Zaptia:The UN Libya Experts Panel report.London, 9 March 2018: Under the section entitled ‘‘On acting for or on behalf of or at the direction...

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Jun 14 Michel Cousins

Security Council authorises EU naval operation in Mediterranean to stop vessels carrying illegal weapons

By Hadi Fornaji. The UN Security Council voted to allow the EU's Operation Sophia to stop weapons getting into Libya by sea (Photo: UN) Tunis, 14 Jun...

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US sanctions alleged IS money man in Libya
May 20 Nigel Ash

US sanctions alleged IS money man in Libya

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 20 May 2016:Washington has imposed sanctions on a man it says is a key IS operative in Libya as part of what the US T...

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Mar 15 Sami Zaptia

Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya provides grim reading

By Sami Zaptia.London, 15 March 2016:The 215-page final report of the UN Panel of Experts on Libya to the President of the Security Council was releas...

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Dec 25 Sami Zaptia

UNSC resolution 2259 on Libya’s GNA: Terror groups and sanctions for spoilers

By Sami Zaptia.The moment of triumph as the UN-brokered Libyan Political Agreement leading to a Government of National Accord is signed in Skhirat Mor...

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OP-ED: Peace in Libya is achievable
Aug 17 Michel Cousins

OP-ED: Peace in Libya is achievable

By Tobias Ellwood.London.Read some headlines and you might assume our involvement in Libya’s Arab Spring caused more problems than it solved. Let’s se...

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