Mar 9 Sami Zaptia

Rome Conference: Libya's friends want to support Libya, but Libya must help itself - Ali Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 9 March 2014: At yesterday's press conference, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan confirmed that the Rome conference was held by Lib...

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Oct 4 thomwestcott

Foreign Minister denies Russian diplomats were advised to quit Libya

Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 4 October 2013:Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdul Aziz has denied that Libyan authorities advised Russian diplomats to...

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Russia is an important state. We will seek our national interest - Zeidan
Mar 2 Sami Zaptia

Russia is an important state. We will seek our national interest - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 2 March 2013:An important insight into the politics and foreign policy outlook of Ali Zeidan and his government was revealed d...

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Sep 4 Al Russell

Benghazi inspection staff strike over security concerns

Tripoli, 4 September:Staff charged with inspecting imported produce at the Food and Medicine Control Department in Benghazi held a protest on Sunday,...

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May 8 Michel Cousins

Russia lifts embargo on arms sales to Libya

Moscow, 8 May 2012: Russia has lifted an embargo on the supply of arms to Libya on the instructions of Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev.The emb...

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Libya buys 50,000 tonnes of Russian wheat
Apr 16 Nigel Ash

Libya buys 50,000 tonnes of Russian wheat

16 April, Tripoli:The Paris-based agriculture and agri-food analysts Agritel, which has an Eastern European office in Kiev, reports that Libya has bo...

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Feb 20 Michel Cousins

China holds off return to Libya

February 20, 2012 Despite hopes in China that it would soon be able to resume its profitable contracts in Libya, Beijing indicated today that it was...

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Feb 20 Nigel Ash

Algerians seize deadly MANPADS from Libya

Algerian security forces are reported to have seized a large cache of weapons smuggled across the border from Libya. Of considerable concern to inter...

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Feb 7 Michel Cousins

Libyans protest at Iranian embassy

Security forces protecting the Iranian embassy in Tripoli fired into the air on Tuesday to disperse demonstrators who trieds to storm the Iranian emba...

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