Jan 22 Michel Cousins

Qaddafi supporters heading to Ajilat killed in Sabratha: report

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 22 January 2014:Five men, allegedly Qaddafi supporters, were reported killed in a firefight this morning in Sabratha wh...

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Jan 12 Michel Cousins

Zintani family in Yefren revenge kidnappings for murdered son

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli,12 December 2014:Some 26 people from Yefren have been kidnapped by a Zintani family whose son was killed in Yefren last week....

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Management closes Tripoli Tower in security dispute
Nov 27 thomwestcott

Management closes Tripoli Tower in security dispute

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 27 November 2013:Tripoli Tower, the commercial hub of the capital, is on ‘lock-down’ following a dispute between the bu...

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New Border Guards commissioned
Nov 22 Michel Cousins

New Border Guards commissioned

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 22 November 2013:The first batch of some 500 trainee border guards from the Jebel Nafusa took part in a military passin...

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Four-day Hamada desert rally finishes in Zintan
Nov 20 Nigel Ash

Four-day Hamada desert rally finishes in Zintan

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 20 November 2013:A thousand kilometres of gruelling desert driving came to an end today when competitors in the second...

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Nov 19 Michel Cousins

Jadu brigade gives up Tripoli base

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.The Tourist Police are to take control of the eastern part of the Regatta beach resort in the west Tripoli suburb of Siyahia.The...

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Nov 17 Michel Cousins

Top intelligence figure kidnapped – then released

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 17 November 2013:The deputy head of Libyan intelligence, Mustafa Nouh, was kidnapped earlier today in Tripoli airport c...

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Grand Mufti condemns Gharghour massacre, calls for all militias to quit Tripoli
Nov 16 Michel Cousins

Grand Mufti condemns Gharghour massacre, calls for all militias to quit Tripoli

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 16 November 2103:The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani last night condemned the killings at Gharghour, blaming both...

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Final preparations in Zintan for Saturday’s Hamada desert rally
Nov 14 thomwestcott

Final preparations in Zintan for Saturday’s Hamada desert rally

By Ahmed Elumamai.Tripoli, 14 November 2013:Final preparations are now underway for the start of a 1,000 kilometre rally through the country’s Hamada...

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Nov 10 thomwestcott

Grand Mufti rails against militias, calls for action

Tripoli, 10 November 2013:Libya's Grand Mufiti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, yesterday condemned the armed violence that shook Tripoli on Thursday night,...

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