Tripoli based Libyan government condemns attempt to shut down Sharara oil field – Spain, arms smuggling and Saddam Hafter?
Aug 5 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli based Libyan government condemns attempt to shut down Sharara oil field – Spain, arms smuggling and Saddam Hafter?

The Tripoli based Libyan government yesterday condemned what it called the attempt to shut down Sharara oil field. It said it is following up on the t...

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Libya signs border security agreement with its southern neighbours
Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya signs border security agreement with its southern neighbours

By Sami Zaptia.London, 4 June 2018:Libya, Niger, Chad and Sudan and Chad signed an agreement last Thursday to control the southern border of Libya in...

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Rada says it has bust Mitiga ammunition shipment from Turkey
Aug 10 Nigel Ash

Rada says it has bust Mitiga ammunition shipment from Turkey

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 10 August 2017:Around a thousand loaded 9mm pistol clips have been discovered at Tripoli's Mitiga airport concealed...

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Egypt says its warplanes blasted weapons convoy from Libya
Jun 28 Nigel Ash

Egypt says its warplanes blasted weapons convoy from Libya

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 28 June 2017:The Egyptian airforce clams to have destroyed a convoy of trucks laden with weapons as it crossed fro...

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LISCO accused of hosting BRSC in Misrata: UN report
Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

LISCO accused of hosting BRSC in Misrata: UN report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 June 2017:A United Nations report has revealed that the state-owned Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) based in Misrata h...

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May 24 Michel Cousins

Libyan terrorist arms cache found in Tunisia

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 24 May 2016:Tunisia’s National Counterterrorism Brigade  today found a significant arms cache in the border town Ben G...

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Algerians find terrorist border tunnel near Ghadames: report
Mar 10 Nigel Ash

Algerians find terrorist border tunnel near Ghadames: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 10 March 2016:Algerian troops are reported to  have found a tunnel beneath the Libyan border near Ghadames which they...

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Sep 3 Nigel Ash

Clarification: the Haddad 1 freighter arms-smuggling arrest

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 3 September 2015:In our report yesterday on the arrest off Crete of the Bolivian-registered freighter Haddad 1,  suspecte...

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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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LNA claims control of Ras Jedir, says border now closed
Dec 14 thomwestcott

LNA claims control of Ras Jedir, says border now closed

By Maha Suliman.Benghazi, 14 December 2014:More details are emerging about the attack on Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia that saw the Libyan Na...

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