Italy gives green light to US drone use in anti-IS operations in Libya
Feb 23 Michel Cousins

Italy gives green light to US drone use in anti-IS operations in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 23 February 2016:Italy will allow US drones to fly to Libya from Italian airbases on a case by case basis as part of...

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US-led anti-IS Rome meeting sticks to the Libyan political script
Feb 2 Nigel Ash

US-led anti-IS Rome meeting sticks to the Libyan political script

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 2 February 2016:There appeared to be a marked change of mood music in Rome today where 23 foreign ministers of countr...

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Renzi says Libya is Italy's Mediterranean "keystone"
Dec 16 Nigel Ash

Renzi says Libya is Italy's Mediterranean "keystone"

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 16 December 2015:Ahead of tomorrow’s two-day EU summit in Brussels, which is expected to be dominated by terrorism...

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International community endorses Serraj unity government
Dec 13 Michel Cousins

International community endorses Serraj unity government

By Libya Herald staff.Rome, 13 December 2015:US Secretary of State John Kery has said that the planned Government of National Accord (GNA) to be led b...

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Italy calls Libyan summit in Rome for 13 December
Dec 2 Nigel Ash

Italy calls Libyan summit in Rome for 13 December

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 2 December 2015:Italy wants to host a meeting in Rome later this month to boost agreement on a Libyan government of...

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UNSMIL's Kobler moves on to Italy
Nov 23 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL's Kobler moves on to Italy

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 23 November 2015:Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni said today that he backed the determination of new UNSMIL chief...

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The job goes on for ever-optimistic Leon
Oct 22 Michel Cousins

The job goes on for ever-optimistic Leon

By Libya Herald reporter. Bernardino Leon (Photo: UNSMIL)Tunis, 22 October 2015:Bernardino Leon has been asked by UN Secretary general Ban Ki-moon to...

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Aug 4 Michel Cousins

Italy takes active role in latest Libya reconciliation efforts

By Libya Herald ReporterTunis, 4 August 2015:Despite four of its citizens kidnapped and its embassy in Tripoli shuttered, Libya’s former colonial powe...

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Italian technicians kidnapped
Jul 20 Michel Cousins

Italian technicians kidnapped

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 20 July 2015:Four Italian technicians are reported to have been kidnapped yesterday not far from the Mellitah oil and gas...

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Jun 7 Nigel Ash

Algerian, Egyptian and Italian FMs back UNSMIL peace talks

By Hadi Fornaji. The Egyptian,Italian and Algerian foreign ministers when they last met in Rome (Photo: Italian FM)Tripoli, 7 June 2015:The foreign mi...

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