Libya's Tripoli-based government receives 3 maritime rescue GAT boats from Italy and the EU
Aug 3 Sami Zaptia

Libya's Tripoli-based government receives 3 maritime rescue GAT boats from Italy and the EU

The Media Centre of the Chiefs of General Staff of the Tripoli-based Libyan Army reported yesterday that the head of the Coast Guard and Ports Securit...

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Aldabaiba attends the New Libya Economic Forum in Rome
Jun 2 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba attends the New Libya Economic Forum in Rome

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 June 2021:As part of his official visit to Rome, Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba visited Monday the Economic Foru...

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Jul 3 Sami Zaptia

More EU funds allocated to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 July 2020:Yesterday, as part of the EU's global response to the coronavirus outbreak, the EU - through its Emergency Trust Fu...

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EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo, ends Operation Sophia
Apr 1 Sami Zaptia

EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo, ends Operation Sophia

By Sami Zaptia. London, 1 April 2020:The European Union announced yesterday that it has launched a new operation to enforce the UN Security Council ar...

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Italian Defence Minister Trenta affirms support on reconciliation, health and illegal migration
Jul 25 Sami Zaptia

Italian Defence Minister Trenta affirms support on reconciliation, health and illegal migration

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 July 2018:Italy’s Defence Minister, Elisabetta Trenta affirmed her support for Libya in the fields of reconciliation, health...

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Illegal migration holding camps to be located outside Libyan borders, Italy to supply patrol boats to Libya
Jun 27 Sami Zaptia

Illegal migration holding camps to be located outside Libyan borders, Italy to supply patrol boats to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 27 June 2018:Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, said that Italy and Libya have common interes...

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Jan 10 Sami Zaptia

Dinghy sinks off Libya, 50 immigrants dead

By Vanessa Tomassini.Illegal migrants continue to risk their lives in 2018 to get to Europe from Libya (File photo)Rome, 10 January 2018:The Mediterra...

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UN Human Rights chief blasts EU's Libyan migrant deal
Nov 14 Nigel Ash

UN Human Rights chief blasts EU's Libyan migrant deal

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 14 November 2017:The EU’s support for Libyan Coastguard anti-migrant patrols is “inhuman”, the UN High Commissioner f...

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Crimean tanker hit by coast guard reported capsized
Oct 9 Michel Cousins

Crimean tanker hit by coast guard reported capsized

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 9 October 2017:A Crimean oil tanker which was said to have been shot at and holed by the Libyan Coast Guard on Friday...

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Aug 26 Michel Cousins

Italy gives first-aid kits for returned migrants

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 27 August 2017:Ten thousand hygiene and first-aid kits for the needs of returned migrants have been given to the coast...

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