May 15 Sami Zaptia

Al-Ittihad Football Club fans demonstrating against a result of a football match set fire to Prime Minister Aldabaiba’s Office in Tripoli

‎Demonstrating fans from Tripoli’s Al-Ittihad Football Club set fire to part of Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba’s Tripoli Cabinet Office on...

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Fierce overnight militia clashes in Surman - unconfirmed deaths reported by media
May 2 Sami Zaptia

Fierce overnight militia clashes in Surman - unconfirmed deaths reported by media

Fierce overnight militia clashes in the western coastal city of Surman between two militia groups using light and medium weapons, have reportedly...

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Attorney General provides update on investigation of incidents resulting from Tripoli 2025 armed clashes and demonstrations
Jul 11 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General provides update on investigation of incidents resulting from Tripoli 2025 armed clashes and demonstrations

Last Wednesday (9 July), the Attorney General’s Office provided an update on the investigation of incidents surrounding the armed clashes and demonstr...

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Relative calm in Al-Jmail after militia clashes – Tripoli government silent
May 8 Sami Zaptia

Relative calm in Al-Jmail after militia clashes – Tripoli government silent

Relative calm has returned today to the Al-Jmail in northwestern Libya after local militias and civilians clashed Monday and Tuesday with external (st...

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Demonstrations are a right - but were infiltrated by internal and external spoilers
Jul 5 Sami Zaptia

Demonstrations are a right - but were infiltrated by internal and external spoilers

Speaking at Monday’s cabinet meeting, Interior Minister Khaled Mazin said the demonstrations in Martyr Sq led by NGO ‘‘Beltrees Youth Movement’’ had a...

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Demonstrators block roads with makeshift fires in protest at lengthening power cuts
Jun 30 Sami Zaptia

Demonstrators block roads with makeshift fires in protest at lengthening power cuts

Demonstrators, overwhelmingly youth, blocked several roads in the greater Tripoli area yesterday setting alight to debris and old car tyres. The prote...

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Flights between western and eastern Libya to resume - after anti Bashagha political closure dropped?
Mar 22 Sami Zaptia

Flights between western and eastern Libya to resume - after anti Bashagha political closure dropped?

Flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga airport – and all western based airports – with eastern Libya are to resume today after over two weeks of closure. Th...

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Tripoli Interior Ministry send force to impose law and order in Tarhuna following disorder believed to be sparked by Kaniat mass graves body identifications
Jan 25 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Interior Ministry send force to impose law and order in Tarhuna following disorder believed to be sparked by Kaniat mass graves body identifications

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 January 2021: The Tripoli based Interior Ministry sent a strong force on Sunday into Tarhuna to reimpose security after diso...

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Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

More road closures with burning tyres in protest at continued acute power cuts

By Sami Zaptia.Continued lengthy power cuts have led to the closure by youth of roads using burning tyres in Tripoli and Zliten (Photo: Social media)....

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Pro democracy, anti-corruption Benghazi demonstrations disrupted by LNA spoilers, one organizer reported missing
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Pro democracy, anti-corruption Benghazi demonstrations disrupted by LNA spoilers, one organizer reported missing

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 September 2020: One organizer has been reported missing after pro-democracy and anti-corruption activists held demonstration...

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