HoR’s Ageela Saleh flies to Saudi Arabia for Umrah
May 19 Michel Cousins

HoR’s Ageela Saleh flies to Saudi Arabia for Umrah

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli 19 May 2016:The president of the House of Representatives, Ageela Saleh, has gone to Mecca to perform Umrah. He is ac...

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May 9 Michel Cousins

Haj lotteries across Libya bring joy and disappointment

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 9 May 2016:Lotteries to decide who among the several hundred thousand Libyans who applied to the Haj and Umrah Assoc...

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Apr 3 Michel Cousins

Saudi Arabia eases passport requirements for Libyan pilgrims: report

By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 3 April 2016:Said Arabia has decided that Libyan pilgrims applying for visas to perform Umra and Haj this year can...

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Nov 11 Michel Cousins

Arab-South American Summit backs HoR on July version of UN agreement

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 11 November 2015:The two-day Arab-South American summit in Riyadh, attended by the president of the House of Represent...

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Oct 3 Michel Cousins

Libyan Haj deaths in Mecca stampede now put at 11

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 3 October 2015:The Libyan Haj Commission has now put the number of Libyan pilgrims who died in the Mecca stampede tr...

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Libyan death toll from Mecca stampede hits 8 
Sep 30 Nigel Ash

Libyan death toll from Mecca stampede hits 8 

By Saber Ayyub. In the aftermath of Thursday's Mecca stampede (Photo: social media)Tripoli, 30 September 2015:The Libyan death toll from last week’s H...

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Sep 28 Michel Cousins

Libyan Mecca stampede dead rise to 6

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 28 September 2015:The number of Libyans now said to have been killed in last week’s Haj stampede tragedy in Mecca has ris...

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Sep 12 Michel Cousins

Tripoli revolutionaries want action against women drivers

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 12 September 2015:Members of the Islamist-leaning Tripoli Revolutionaries Shoura Council (TRSC) want to ban women dr...

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Hard currency made available for Haj pilgrims
Aug 10 Michel Cousins

Hard currency made available for Haj pilgrims

By Libya Herald staff. Expansion work being undertaken on the Grand Mosque in Mecca in time for Haj (Photo: Saudi Gazette)Tunis, 10 August 2015:Libyan...

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Jun 26 Michel Cousins

Tripoli Local government minister and western mayors in battle over 2015 Haj

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli 26 June 2015:The all-important issue of allocating places for Libyans to go on Haj this year has caused a serious spl...

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