Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

Snow, hail, rain and storm hit Tripolitania

By Libya Herald staff.Malta, 31 December 2014:Tripolitanians woke up to find a coat of snow had descended on them this morning.There were reports of s...

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Nov 19 Michel Cousins

Clashes in Tarhuna

By Ali Salem.Tripoli, 19 November 2014:Militiamen yesterday stormed homes in Tarhuna belonging to members of the Nahaj clan reportedly because of thei...

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Aug 8 Sami Zaptia

Another water cut for Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 9 August 2014:Another water shortage has hit most areas of the beleaguered city of Tripoli today, to add to its other woes ove...

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Dec 3 thomwestcott

Unexploded NATO bombs destroyed

By Taziz Ahsairi and Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 3 December 2013:Tons of unexploded ordinance dating back to the revolution, including from NATO bombings, w...

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Slain soldiers honoured with military funeral
Oct 6 thomwestcott

Slain soldiers honoured with military funeral

Tripoli, 6 October 2013:A military funeral for 15 of the soldiers killed in an ambush on the Tarhuna-Bani Walid checkpoint took place today, on the fi...

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Oct 5 thomwestcott

Three days national mourning for slain soldiers

Tripoli, 5 October 2013:The government has declared three days national mourning after an ambush on the Tarhuna-Bani Walid checkpoint early this morni...

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Oct 5 thomwestcott

Ambush at Tarhuna-Bani Walid checkpoint leaves fifteen dead

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 5 October 2013:Fifteen soldiers were killed and four wounded early this morning during an ambush on a checkpoint betwee...

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Water will be in Tripoli by Friday: Water Resources Minister Hinshir
Sep 11 Sami Zaptia

Water will be in Tripoli by Friday: Water Resources Minister Hinshir

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli residents fill empty bottles from a well outside a mosque today (Photo: Tom Westcott, Libya Herald)Tripoli, 11 September 2013:...

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Apr 2 Nigel Ash

Water shortage hits Tarhuna

Tripoli, 2 April 2013:Urgent discussions have been under way today in Tarhuna in the face of growing water shortages.Members of the municipal council,...

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Ministry of Interior condemns Eid car bombs as ‘cowardly and terrorist’
Aug 25 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Interior condemns Eid car bombs as ‘cowardly and terrorist’

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 25 August:At a press conference called late on Thursday evening, the Under Secretary for the Ministry of Interior Omar Khadraw...

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