Hafter unilaterally revokes LPA – critics call it a blatant coup against civilian rule
Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

Hafter unilaterally revokes LPA – critics call it a blatant coup against civilian rule

By Sami Zaptia.London, 28 April 2020:Khalifa Hafter, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), last night unilaterally revoked the Libyan Political...

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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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Mar 25 Nigel Ash

Moscow frets about Libya's failing security

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 25 March 2017:Russia is taking a pessimistic view of events in Libya, describing recent fighting in the Oil Crescent...

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League of Ulema hails defeat of IS, accuses Ghariani of promoting civil war in Libya and responsibility for Tripoli slayings of 12 Qaddafi soldiers
Jun 15 Michel Cousins

League of Ulema hails defeat of IS, accuses Ghariani of promoting civil war in Libya and responsibility for Tripoli slayings of 12 Qaddafi soldiers

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 15 June 2016:The League of Libyan Ulema, which represents mainstream Maliki-school Islam in the country, has hailed th...

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Aug 17 Michel Cousins

UK ambassador hints at western air strikes against IS

By Libya Herald reporter.Peter Millett, CMG, the new British ambassador to Libya (Photo: FCO)Tunis, 17 August 2015:Britain’s ambassador to Libya has g...

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IS seizes Benghazi command post: report
Aug 14 Nigel Ash

IS seizes Benghazi command post: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 14 August 2015:Islamic State (IS) fighters today claimed to have captured an army command post near Benghazi’s Sab...

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Libya Dawn airstrike wrecks Zintan airfield control tower
Apr 23 Nigel Ash

Libya Dawn airstrike wrecks Zintan airfield control tower

By Ajnadin Mustafa. The wrecked Zintan control tower (Photo: social media)Tripoli, 23 April 2015:A Libya Dawn aircraft attacked Zintan’s airport today...

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LNA’s aim in the west – to wear down overstretched Dawn forces: Operations Room chief
Apr 20 Michel Cousins

LNA’s aim in the west – to wear down overstretched Dawn forces: Operations Room chief

By Libya Herald reporter.Near Zintan, 20 April 2015:The head of the Libyan National Army’s Western Operations Room, Colonel Idris Madi, has spelled ou...

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Apr 9 Michel Cousins

LNA claims to have thwarted Ansar operation in Benghazi’s Hawari district and be making advances

By Libya Herald staff. Hawari hospital (file photo)Benghazi, 9 April 2015:The Libya National Army (LNA) says it has stopped an attempt by forces of th...

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Mar 9 Sami Zaptia

Fighting renewed at Brak Al-Shatti airport and airbase site

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 9 March 2015There are reports of continued fighting at the Brak Al-Shatti civilian and military airport located about...

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