May 26 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns use of booby-traps (IEDs) in Tripoli civilian areas recently vacated by Hafter’s forces

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 May 2020:UNSMIL said yesterday that it was extremely concerned about reports that residents of the Ain Zara and Salahuddin a...

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Mar 6 Sami Zaptia

13 deaths and 34 injuries from hostilities across Libya in November and December 2018

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 March 2019:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 34 civilian casualties – 13 deaths (11 men, one wo...

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LNA claims to have pushed further south to Traghen
Feb 28 Sami Zaptia

LNA claims to have pushed further south to Traghen

By Sami Zaptia.London, 28 February 2019:The Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan National Army (LNA) announced yesterday that it has pushed its forces further so...

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Nov 13 Nigel Ash

Libyan human rights activists say 28 prisoners tortured and shot in Wirshefana

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 13 November 2017:In a grim echo of the Al-Abyar summary execution of 36 men two weeks ago in the east of the country,...

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Oct 2 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL counts September's civilian dead and wounded

By Libya Herald reporters. A grieving woman in a Tripoli cemetery (Photo: Benjamin Lowy)Tunis, 2 October 2017:Two children were among the dozen civili...

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Jul 2 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL reports large drop in June civilian casualties

By Jamie Prentis. A grieving woman in a Tripoli cemetery (Photo: Benjamin Lowy)Tunis, 2 July 2017:Civilian causalities across Libya more than halved i...

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May 1 Nigel Ash

Anger at gun attack on Sebha hospital

By Libya Herald reporters. Sebha Medical Centre staff protesting last year (Photo: Sebha Medical Centre)Tripoli, 1 May 2017:Sebha Medical Centre manag...

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Militants in Jufra airbase surrounded and to be starved out: report
Mar 26 Nigel Ash

Militants in Jufra airbase surrounded and to be starved out: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 26 March 2017:The Libyan National Army (LNA) has appointed Brigadier Jamal Zahawi to the new post of  commander of...

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Benghazi de-miners struggle to clear Benghazi university campus
Oct 4 Nigel Ash

Benghazi de-miners struggle to clear Benghazi university campus

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 4 October 2016:Even though the last terrorists were pushed out months ago, Benghazi university campus remains far...

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Human Rights activist freed by Tripoli militia
Jul 8 Nigel Ash

Human Rights activist freed by Tripoli militia

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 8 July 2016:After  a kidnapping lasting almost seven months, Ahmed Abdul Hakim Hamza, the spokesman for Libya’s ind...

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