Aldabaiba: Militias have become criminal gangs and a state within the state
Jul 9 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba: Militias have become criminal gangs and a state within the state

Speaking in an hour and forty-minute-long interview last Sunday (6 July) to Libyan media outlet Libya Al-Ahrar, Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, A...

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187 new security posts taken over from militias – PM declares victory for the state as all vital Tripoli sites come under its exclusive control for the first time since 2011
Jun 19 Sami Zaptia

187 new security posts taken over from militias – PM declares victory for the state as all vital Tripoli sites come under its exclusive control for the first time since 2011

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba hailed that what has been achieved by enabling the Ministry of Interior to secure the capit...

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Calm returns after overnight Tripoli militia clashes - Defence Ministry says it has enforced control, warns of readiness to take measures to ensure security
Jun 9 Sami Zaptia

Calm returns after overnight Tripoli militia clashes - Defence Ministry says it has enforced control, warns of readiness to take measures to ensure security

After overnight Tripoli militia clashes with Tripoli based government forces, the Tripoli based Ministry of Defence said in a statement today that it...

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Aldabaiba hails recent security operations, vows to end militias - warns against illegal eastern parallel spending leading to inflation and LD devaluation
Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba hails recent security operations, vows to end militias - warns against illegal eastern parallel spending leading to inflation and LD devaluation

Speaking at yesterday’s 2nd Ordinary Cabinet Meeting of 2025 held at Tripoli’s Al-Nasser Woods Complex (formerly Rixos Complex), Tripoli based Libyan...

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444th Brigade and Military Intelligence head Mahmoud Hamza’s narrative of the SDF / RADA Tripoli clash
May 15 Sami Zaptia

444th Brigade and Military Intelligence head Mahmoud Hamza’s narrative of the SDF / RADA Tripoli clash

Writing on his personal Facebook page yesterday, and not on his official 444th Combat Brigade page, Major General Mahmoud Hamza, Commander of the 444t...

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Gunfire at demonstrations calling for Aldabaiba’s downfall, nervous ceasefire holding as calm returns to Tripoli
May 15 Sami Zaptia

Gunfire at demonstrations calling for Aldabaiba’s downfall, nervous ceasefire holding as calm returns to Tripoli

Gunshots were fired at or in the vicinity of demonstrators in Tripoli’s Martyr Square last night, unconfirmed but widely circulating videos on social...

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Ceasefire announced after heavy overnight fighting in Tripoli
May 14 Sami Zaptia

Ceasefire announced after heavy overnight fighting in Tripoli

The Tripoli based Aldabaiba Ministry of Defence announced a ceasefire this morning after heavy fighting broke out overnight in Tripoli, including cent...

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Tripoli Bar Association end three-day strike after Deterrence Force assault on lawyer
Jul 27 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Bar Association end three-day strike after Deterrence Force assault on lawyer

The Tripoli Bar Association announced yesterday that it will end its strike as of today.It will be recalled that the Bar Association had announced on...

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Interior Minister Mazen sacked after Tripoli militia clashes – tense ceasefire achieved
Jul 23 Sami Zaptia

Interior Minister Mazen sacked after Tripoli militia clashes – tense ceasefire achieved

After widespread and serious militia clashes in Tripoli overnight Friday, which went on until Friday afternoon, caretaker Prime Minister Abd Alhamid A...

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Jul 22 Sami Zaptia

Militia clashes in central Tripoli led to civilian deaths, injuries, and property damage

There were militia clashes in central Tripoli overnight that led to civilian deaths, injuries and damage to property, initial reports say. The fightin...

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