Aug 20 Michel Cousins

LNA claims major advances in Gwarsha district and offers ceasefire to militants if they surrender; mines now the big problem it says

By Ibrahim Drissi.Benghazi, 20 August 2016:The Libyan National Army says they have captured the European Hospital and three of the main streets in Ben...

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Increased number of returnees due to some improved security: IOM Libya
Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

Increased number of returnees due to some improved security: IOM Libya

By Sami Zaptia. London, 19 August 2016: There are 348,372 internally displaced persons (IDPs), 310,265 returnees and 275,857 migrants in Libya, the...

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Jun 17 Michel Cousins

Major Ganfouda site captured, but three soldiers killed in mortar attack

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 17 June 2016:Three soldiers were killed when a shell exploded at the customs storage depot in Bengahzi’s Ganfouda d...

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Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shoura Council denies links with IS
May 25 Nigel Ash

Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shoura Council denies links with IS

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 25 May 2016:The Benghazi Revolutionaries’ Shoura Council has nothing to do with IS and has no political ambitions, th...

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Benghazi iconic sapper injured in mine blast
May 16 Michel Cousins

Benghazi iconic sapper injured in mine blast

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 16 May 2016:Tareq Saiti, Benghazi’s iconic sapper, responsible for defusing hundreds of explosives left by militants...

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Militants “surrounded” in Gwarsha and Ganfouda but mines now the main problem: Libya army spokesman
Apr 21 Michel Cousins

Militants “surrounded” in Gwarsha and Ganfouda but mines now the main problem: Libya army spokesman

By Maha Sulaiman.Benghazi, 21 April 2016:The last remnants of the Ansar Al-Sharia are blockaded in Gwarsha and Ganfouda and cannot escape, Libyan army...

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Clashes continue in Benghazi as militants hit ammunition store in Juliana and Libya air force strikes back in Garyounis
Apr 13 Michel Cousins

Clashes continue in Benghazi as militants hit ammunition store in Juliana and Libya air force strikes back in Garyounis

By Aymen Amzein. Juliana attack (Photo: Social media)Benghazi, 13 April 2016:Mortar fire by militants in Benghazi hit an army ammunitions store in the...

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Mar 13 Michel Cousins

Army to evacuate remaining families in Benghazi’s embattled Gwarsha district

By Aimen Amzein.Benghazi, 13 March 2016:The Libyan army has said it will evacuate families trapped in Benghazi’s Gwarsha district, scene of continued...

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UNSMIL chief in Brussels talks with EU foreign minister
Feb 23 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL chief in Brussels talks with EU foreign minister

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 23 February 2016:The ubiquitous UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler was in Brussels today talking to the EU’s foreign minister...

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Military top brass review Benghazi operations
Feb 17 Michel Cousins

Military top brass review Benghazi operations

By Aymen Amzein.Benghazi, 17 February 2016:General Khalifa Hafter chaired a meeting today of top military officials at Benghazi’s Benina airbase to re...

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