UPDATE: US Abu Nabil air strike in Derna not Sirte: report
Nov 14 Nigel Ash

UPDATE: US Abu Nabil air strike in Derna not Sirte: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 14 November 2015:It now appears that the US airstrike last night targeting Islamic State (IS) terror leader Abu Nab...

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Pentagon confirms US fighters targeted IS leader in Libya attack
Nov 14 Nigel Ash

Pentagon confirms US fighters targeted IS leader in Libya attack

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 14 November 2015:Just 24 hours after Secretary of State John Kerry promised that Washington was giving  new focus t...

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American special forces capture top Islamist leader, Ahmed Bukhatallah, in Benghazi operation
Jun 17 Nigel Ash

American special forces capture top Islamist leader, Ahmed Bukhatallah, in Benghazi operation

By Libya Herald reportersBenghazi and Tripoli, 17 June 2014:Ahmed Bukhatallah, the Ansar Sharia leader indicted by Washington as a prime suspect in th...

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Mar 20 thomwestcott

Oil tanker being escorted back by 25 US personnel and a warship

Tripoli, 20 March 2014:There are 25 American personnel on board the oil tanker Morning Glory, which is sailing back to Libya under escort of a US wars...

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US says Libyan armed forces training to go ahead
Nov 20 Michel Cousins

US says Libyan armed forces training to go ahead

By Leonard Powell. Washington, 20 November 2013:The Pentagon have reaffirmed the US decision to provide basic combat training to the Libyan armed forc...

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Al-Ruqaii seizure violates human rights, says Amnesty International
Oct 8 thomwestcott

Al-Ruqaii seizure violates human rights, says Amnesty International

Tripoli, 8 October 2013:The seizure of Nazih Al-Ruqaii (alias Abu Anas Al-Libi) violates human rights and undermines the rule of law, human rights NGO...

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Sep 21 Michel Cousins

America firmly backs Libya, US Defence Secretary tells Al-Thini

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli,  21 September 2013:The United States will continue to back Libya despite the present difficulties. Moreover, it looks t...

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Sep 17 Nigel Ash

Weaponry plundering prompts US training withdrawal

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Nigel AshTripoli, 17 September 2013:The US defence department in Washington has confirmed to the Libya Herald that US equipm...

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British RAF was flying US drones during the revolution
Jul 30 Nigel Ash

British RAF was flying US drones during the revolution

Tripoli, 31 July: The British government has revealed that UK airforce personnel flew armed US Predator drones in the campaign to stop Qaddafi preyin...

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