New assassination attempt on Salah Al-Ataiwish
Aug 4 Michel Cousins

New assassination attempt on Salah Al-Ataiwish

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi. 4 August 2017:Salah Al-Ataiwish, the influential and charismatic head of the Magharba tribe, escaped what appears...

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Sidra elders' leader abducted: report
Mar 26 Michel Cousins

Sidra elders' leader abducted: report

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 26 March 2017:The head of the council of elders in the oil terminal district of Sidra was reported to have been seized yesterda...

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LNA recaptures Sidra and Ras Lanuf oil terminals
Mar 14 Michel Cousins

LNA recaptures Sidra and Ras Lanuf oil terminals

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi/Tunis, 14 March 2017:Libyan National Army (LNA) forces have retaken the Ras Lanuf and Sidra export terminals this a...

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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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Suicide bomber thwarted in Benghazi
Nov 4 Michel Cousins

Suicide bomber thwarted in Benghazi

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 4 November 2016:A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead today by soldiers in Benghazi before he was able to detonat...

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Attempt to assassinate Magharba tribe head Salah Al-Ataiwish
Nov 4 Michel Cousins

Attempt to assassinate Magharba tribe head Salah Al-Ataiwish

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 4 November 2016:In what appears to have been an assassination attempt, the head of the Magharba tribe, Salah Al-Ate...

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May 5 Michel Cousins

Jadhran agrees to support LNA attack on Sirte following Ras Lanuf talks with Wanis Bukhamada

By Saber Ayyub. Ibrahim Jadhran (file photo)Tripoli, 5 May 2016:Central region Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) head Ibrahim Jadhran has agreed to sup...

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Mar 30 Michel Cousins

Jadhran and his supporters “have quit Ajdabiya” claims local leader; town now quiet

By Ahmed Elumami.  Jadhran speaking four months  in Ajdabia (Photo: Nabba TV)Tripoli, 30 March 2014:Ibrahim Jadhran and his “Cyrenaica Defence Forces”...

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Mar 14 Michel Cousins

Mixed messages from Ajdabiya as Maghraba tribe try to negotiate Misrata pullback from Sirte

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 14 March 2014:There have been mixed messages coming out of Ajdabiya about support for the blockade o...

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Eastern oil ports to reopen as tribal leaders rein in federalist movement
Dec 11 Callum Paton

Eastern oil ports to reopen as tribal leaders rein in federalist movement

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 11 December 2013:Tribal leaders have brokered a deal with the head of the Political Bureau of Cyrenaica, Ibrahim Jadhran, br...

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