More Tripoli militia clashes as the battle for legitimacy continues
Aug 8 Sami Zaptia

More Tripoli militia clashes as the battle for legitimacy continues

There were more militia clashes Friday night on the outskirts of Tripoli as the battle for who has the legitimacy to be Libya’s prime minister continu...

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Presidency Council dissolves all Joint Military Operations Chambers – including Juwaily’s
Aug 5 Sami Zaptia

Presidency Council dissolves all Joint Military Operations Chambers – including Juwaily’s

Najwa Wheba, the Official Spokesperson for the Presidency Council (PC), confirmed in a telephone interview on Libyan media yesterday the circulating r...

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Opposing militia commanders fail to meet as agreed on Saturday – may meet in a few days
Aug 1 Sami Zaptia

Opposing militia commanders fail to meet as agreed on Saturday – may meet in a few days

Opposing militia commanders in a loose coalition representing on the one side the incumbent caretaker prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, and on th...

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Use of force, in face of Aldabaiba using force to prevent peaceful handover of power, is justified
Jul 28 Sami Zaptia

Use of force, in face of Aldabaiba using force to prevent peaceful handover of power, is justified

The use of force is likely and justifiable in resolving Libya’s political crisis in view of the fact that current incumbent caretaker prime minister A...

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Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

LNA admit loss of MIG jet fighter, claim progress on all fighting fronts, accuse Tripoli of harbouring terrorists

LBy Sami Zaptia. London, 15 April 2019: Giving a round-up of fighting operations in Libya’s western region at a press conference yesterday, Major G...

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May 26 michele vick

Zintan fails to secure release of abductees

By Jamal AdelTripoli, 26 May 2014:Talks to secure the release of five Zintanis abducted by  Mashashia  tribesmen continue with no end in sight, Zintan...

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Feb 18 Nigel Ash

Military police criticises GNC over Hafter

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 18 February 2014:A military police source has been sharply critical of the GNC’s statements on Major General Khalifa Ha...

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Sep 23 Michel Cousins

Rixos Hotel threatened by SSC over fighting in Brak

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 23 September:Heavily armed members of the Supreme Security Committee who were caught up in continuing deadly clashes in...

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Cyrenaica's army chief states his case
Jun 26 Michel Cousins

Cyrenaica's army chief states his case

Tripoli, 26 June:Brigadier-General Hamid Hassi is commander of the Army of Cyrenaica, an organisation set up by the National Transitional Council to p...

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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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