Feb 27 Callum Paton

Protestors storm Benghazi Ministry of Defence building

By Aimen Amzein.Benghazi, 27 February 2014:The Ministry of Defence building in Benghazi was stormed last night and several rooms set alight amidst pro...

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Feb 19 thomwestcott

Elections to be secured by 52,000 police and military

Tripoli, 19 February 2014:Security for tomorrow’s elections is set to be high, with the Ministry of Interior announcing that 40,000 security personnel...

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Jan 19 thomwestcott

Airbase near Sebha back under government control without use of force

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 19 January 2014:The Tamenhint airbase was back under government control last night after low-flying Air Force planes prompte...

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Tripoli streets now being policed by professional security personnel not militias - government
Nov 21 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli streets now being policed by professional security personnel not militias - government

By Sami ZaptiaZeidan and government answer GNC questions.Tripoli, 21 November 2013:In the aftermath of the bloody Gharghour incident which left nearly...

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Car bomb defused at Tripoli West power station
Oct 24 Michel Cousins

Car bomb defused at Tripoli West power station

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Gas containers and explosives found inside the car at Janzour (Photo: Ashraf Abdul-Wahab)Tripoli, 24 October 2013:A car bomb wa...

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Oct 22 Michel Cousins

Ministry of Defence denies border guards are militiamen

By Houda Mzioudet. Tripoli, 22 October 2013:The Ministry of Defence has denied reports that the Algerian authorities are refusing to cooperate with Li...

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Oct 5 thomwestcott

Ambush at Tarhuna-Bani Walid checkpoint leaves fifteen dead

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 5 October 2013:Fifteen soldiers were killed and four wounded early this morning during an ambush on a checkpoint betwee...

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Sep 26 thomwestcott

Tripoli jail stormed, illegally detained prisoners found

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 26 September 2013:A number of illegally-detained prisoners, including several women, have been found in a detention fac...

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Sep 15 thomwestcott

GNC sitting disrupted by protestors

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 15 September 2013:Protestors from the Brigade of Liberation are staging angry protests outside the General National Congress...

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Passenger rage causes airport security scare
Sep 2 thomwestcott

Passenger rage causes airport security scare

Tripoli, 2 September 2013:An angry passenger caused a security scare at Tripoli International Airport in the early hours of this morning, after an arg...

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