Benghazi battles rage as arms smuggling boats "sunk"
Jul 20 Nigel Ash

Benghazi battles rage as arms smuggling boats "sunk"

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 20 July 2015:At least one arms smuggling vessel was apparently destroyed today in Mreisa harbour by a helicopter g...

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New head of Air Force operations appointed
Jul 20 Michel Cousins

New head of Air Force operations appointed

By Maha Sulaiman.Benghazi, 20 July 2015:The commander of the Libyan Air Force, Brigadier-General Saqr Geroushi has appointed the head of the military...

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Jul 12 Nigel Ash

Five dead in Benghazi while army still fights for Leithi

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 12 July 2015:Five civilians in Benghazi were killed today by mortar fire while the wider battle to oust militants...

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Army broadens Benghazi counterattack as another Ansar supply vessel "struck"
Jul 10 Nigel Ash

Army broadens Benghazi counterattack as another Ansar supply vessel "struck"

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 10 July 2015:The bitter battle for Benghazi’s Leithi district continued today with the army apparently making some...

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Jun 28 Michel Cousins

LNA and Abu Sleem in deadly Derna clashes

By Libya Herald reporters. Derna (file photo)Tripoli/Benghazi, 28 June 2015:Some 23 members of the Libya National Army (LNA) support forces and the Sh...

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Jun 28 Michel Cousins

Hafter backs down on Barasi sacking

By Libya Herald staff.Hafter and Barasi: friends again?Benghazi, 28 June 2015:The head of the Libyan armed forces, General Khalifa Hafter, has perform...

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Jun 23 Nigel Ash

Air force threatens airstrikes as EU anti-migrant smuggler mission begins

By Libya Herald reporters. Migrants being picked up recently by a British warship (Photo:Royal Navy)Tripoli, 23 June 2015:As the EU began the intellig...

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May 24 Michel Cousins

LNA jets hit fuel tanker in Sirte

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 24 May 2015:The Libya National Army (LNA) this afternoon attacked and set on fire a Libyan oil tanker unloading fue...

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May 19 Nigel Ash

Army claims progress in Benghazi fighting

By Ayman Amzein.Benghazi fighting goes on (File photo)Benghazi, 19 May 2015:After yesterday’s heavy fighting, Benghazi was generally quiet today. The...

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Government gives its version of attack on Turkish freighter
May 14 Nigel Ash

Government gives its version of attack on Turkish freighter

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 14 May 2015:The Libyan government has published its version of the events that led Sunday’s attacks on the Turkish freighter...

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