Principle of accepting truce is respected in Geneva talks on Libya - despite often violated fragile truce: Salame
Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

Principle of accepting truce is respected in Geneva talks on Libya - despite often violated fragile truce: Salame

By Sami Zaptia.London, 18 February 2020: UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame put a positive spin today at the end of the latest round of 5+5 Libya Military tal...

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Feb 6 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL head Salame reports progress in Libya’s inter-military faction talks

By Sami Zaptia. (Photo: UNSMIL).London, 6 February 2020: Briefing the media today on the 5+5 Libyan Military talks taking part in Geneva between the t...

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Serraj and Hafter invited by Germany to 19 January Berlin conference on Libya
Jan 15 Sami Zaptia

Serraj and Hafter invited by Germany to 19 January Berlin conference on Libya

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 January 2020: Germany has confirmed that the head of the internationally recognized Libyan government based in Tripoli, Fai...

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Jan 14 Sami Zaptia

Serraj signs but Hafter leaves Moscow without signing proposed Libya peace deal

By Sami Zaptia. London, 14 January 2020: Khalifa Hafter, leader of the forces attacking the Libyan capital Tripoli, left Moscow today without signing...

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Jan 8 Sami Zaptia

Putin and Erdogan call for Libya ceasefire as of midnight 12 January amidst increased Libya diplomatic activity

By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 January 2020: Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan and Russia’s counterpart Vladimir Putin called for a ceasefire in Libya’s fig...

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U.S. delegation meets Hafter
Nov 26 Sami Zaptia

U.S. delegation meets Hafter

By Sami Zaptia. London, 25 November 2019:The U.S. Embassy to Libya released a statement yesterday confirming news of a U.S. delegation meeting Khalifa...

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Apr 11 Sami Zaptia

Still time to avoid the worse in Libya: UN Secretary General

By Sami Zaptia. London, 11 April 2019: The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that there was still time to stop violence in Li...

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Ceasefire and reconciliation talks on Tripoli militia fighting started Sunday
Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Ceasefire and reconciliation talks on Tripoli militia fighting started Sunday

By Sami Zaptia. London, 21 January 2019:A "final" ceasefire and reconciliatin talks on the south Tripoli militia fighting started in the capital on Su...

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Sep 27 Michel Cousins

After Rome, Hafter to head back to Paris

By Libya Herald reporter. French foreign minister Le Drian with Hafter earlier this month (Photo: LNA)Benghazi, 27 September 2017:Sources close to the...

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Aug 2 Michel Cousins

LNA planes bomb Derna as local MP tries for ceasefire

By Ibrahim Drissi.Benghazi, 2 August 2016:Libyan National Army (LNA) planes targeted the west Derna today, attacking a house in Saida Khadija district...

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