More armoured cars for border patrols
Feb 14 Nigel Ash

More armoured cars for border patrols

Tripoli, 14 February 2013:Libya has taken delivery of 49 armoured support vehicles from Jordan. Some 120 of the UAE-designed and built NIMRs, in two v...

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Trying to make thuwars real soldiers
Jan 24 Michel Cousins

Trying to make thuwars real soldiers

By Mathieu Galtier.Tripoli, 24 January 2013:Nearly two years after the beginning of the Revolution, the Libyan authorities want a united army. The suc...

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Head of the Libyan Air Force faces military court
Jan 18 thomwestcott

Head of the Libyan Air Force faces military court

Tripoli, 18 January:General Saqr Adam Geroushi, who was suspended last week by the Ministry of Defence as head of the Libyan Air Force following his d...

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Sudanese army chief arrives in Tripoli
Aug 9 Nigel Ash

Sudanese army chief arrives in Tripoli

By Hadi Fornaji.Sudanese Chief of Staff Ismat Abdel-Rahman Tripoli, 9 August:The chief of staff of Sudan’s armed forces, Ismat Abdel-Rahman, arrived...

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US Assistant Secretary of Democracy and Human Rights holds discussions with Libyan officials
Jun 1 Michel Cousins

US Assistant Secretary of Democracy and Human Rights holds discussions with Libyan officials

Tripoli, 1 June:The US Assistant Secretary of Democracy and Human Rights, Michael Posner, was in Libya on Wednesday and Thursday for meetings with sen...

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May 20 Michel Cousins

Libya and Turkey in military deal: report

Tripoli, 20 May:Libya and Turkey have signed an agreement under which the Turkish army is to provide technical assistance to the Libyan military to he...

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An exclusive interview with Defence Minister Osama Juwaily
May 10 Michel Cousins

An exclusive interview with Defence Minister Osama Juwaily

By Ashraf Abdul-WahabTripoli, 11 May:Q ) Minister, can you explain to us the plans to dissolve the militias and the formation of the new national army...

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Russia insists Libya wants more of its arms
Apr 26 Nigel Ash

Russia insists Libya wants more of its arms

Tripoli, 26 April:Despite repeated denials by the Libyan government, Russia is insisting that Libya, along with Iraq, is seriously interested in resum...

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Apr 12 Michel Cousins

Libyan Military Clothing Exhibition April 21-23

Tripoli, April 12The Libyan Exhibition for Military Clothing and Accessories, LEMCA 2012 (www.lemca.ly), will be taking part in Tripoli between April...

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Mar 16 Michel Cousins

Illegal Somali immigrants arrested on Tajoura beach

Tripoli, March 16: One hundred and fifty illegal immigrants from Somalia have been arrested on the sea shore at Tajoura, east of the Tripoli, the head...

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