Oct 16 Sami Zaptia

First Tripoli-Benghazi flight in one and a half years receives big welcome

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 October 2020: After a hiatus of one-and-a-half years, the first flight from Tripoli to Benghazi’s Benina airport materialize...

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Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

Eight more missing persons’ corpses found buried in Tarhuna mass graves

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 October 2020: The General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons announced today that after days of sear...

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Oct 12 Sami Zaptia

Seven liberated Indian hostages arrive safely in eastern Libya

By Sami Zaptia.Seven Indian hostages kidnapped in September in western Libya were released in eastern Libya yesterday (Photo: Eastern Interior Ministr...

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Oct 8 Sami Zaptia

Bank of Commerce and Development denies CBL Governor’s allegation that it provided a loan to Hafter’s LNA

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 October 2020: The eastern Libyan headquartered privately-owned Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) has denied the accusati...

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Oct 8 Sami Zaptia

CBL LD 20 bn loan to finance Libyan budget deficit up to end Q3

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 October 2020: The Tripoli-based Central Bank of Libya (CBL) provided loans of up to LD 20.030 bn to finance Libya’s budget de...

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Oct 7 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli government systematically exhausting foreign reserves: CBL Governor El-Kaber

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 October 2020: The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) is Libya’s ‘‘first and last line of defence’’ in the country’s current economic...

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Oct 6 Sami Zaptia

Resumption of flights between west and east Libya contemplated

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 October 2020: In a positive signal on relations between western and eastern Libya, the Libyan Airports Authority (LAA) has en...

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Hafter's LNA prevent Afriqiyah flight from Tripoli landing at Sebha airport on security grounds
Oct 1 Sami Zaptia

Hafter's LNA prevent Afriqiyah flight from Tripoli landing at Sebha airport on security grounds

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 October 2020: Khalifa Hafter's Libyan National Army (LNA) was roundly condemned yesterday for preventing an Afriqiyah Airline...

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Libya’s western-based army opens enrolment
Sep 30 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s western-based army opens enrolment

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 September 2020: The Ministry of Defence of the internationally recognized Libyan government announced yesterday the opening...

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Sep 30 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes important recommendations of Libyan police and military Egypt talks, hopes for final and lasting ceasefire agreement

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 September 2020: Delegations representing the internationally recognized Libyan government and the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan...

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