Jun 29 Michel Cousins

Police ordered back to work

By Moutaz Ali.A Libyan traffic policeman on duty; the Interior Ministry wants all police back at workTripoli, 29 June 2014Policemen who have not been...

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Jun 23 Nigel Ash

Interior Ministry gets tough with shirkers

By Seraj Essul. Tripoli, 23 June 2014: The Ministry of Interior has just fired more than 200 employees for failing to turn up to work, in what has...

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Aman Bank heist foiled
Jun 12 Michel Cousins

Aman Bank heist foiled

By Seraj Essul.Tripoli 12 June 2014:An attempted armed robbery today at the Aman Bank’s main branch in Tripoli’s Gurji district was foiled by bank sec...

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Ministry of Interior calls for applicants to Special Operations Force
Jun 8 Emad

Ministry of Interior calls for applicants to Special Operations Force

By Jamal Adel.Special Operations Force (Photo: Ministry of Interior)Tripoli, 8 June 2014:The Ministry of Interior announced yesterday that it is activ...

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Apr 25 thomwestcott

Jordanian ambassador still held

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 25 April 2014:The Ministry of Interior this evening confirmed that Jordanian ambassador Fawwaz Al-Eitan was still held...

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Apr 15 thomwestcott

Kidnappers demand prisoner release in exchange for Jordanian ambassador

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 15 April 2014:The kidnappers of Jordanian ambassador Fawwaz Al-Eitan have demanded that a Libyan militant Islamist be r...

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Mar 15 thomwestcott

Some Egyptians still detained pending document checks

Tripoli, 15 March 2014:The number of Egyptians seized by the authorities yesterday is now being put at 68, according to the Ministry of Interior.The w...

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Sep 11 Michel Cousins

Egyptian security forces arrest 23 fleeing to Libya

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 11 September 2013:Twenty-three Egyptians were arrested yesterday by police from Salloum trying to cross the border unde...

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Sep 1 thomwestcott

Hundreds of new police for Benghazi

By Houda Mzioudet and Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 1 September 2013:Hundreds of former revolutionaries who have been trained as police are to be deployed in...

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Aug 30 Michel Cousins

Government to restrict Bangladeshis: report

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Mariam Muttawa.Tripoli, 29 August 2013:The Bangladeshi Embassy in Tripoli says it knows nothing about reports that the Minis...

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