Flood Daniel: International rescue teams begin to phase out, humanitarian response scaling up says OCHA report
Oct 1 Sami Zaptia

Flood Daniel: International rescue teams begin to phase out, humanitarian response scaling up says OCHA report

In its latest update (23 to 28 September) on the humanitarian response to the Flood Daniel disaster in eastern Libya, the UN Office for the Coordinati...

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Attorney General launches investigation into Derna dam failures, as aid continues to arrive by air and sea
Sep 17 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General launches investigation into Derna dam failures, as aid continues to arrive by air and sea

Libya’s Attorney General / Public Prosecutor, Sideeg Al-Sour, announced Friday the launch of investigations into the collapse of Derna’s two dams. The...

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Tripoli and Hafter’s army working side-by-side - A roundup of the eastern rescue effort
Sep 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli and Hafter’s army working side-by-side - A roundup of the eastern rescue effort

The Tripoli-based 444 brigade has arrived in eastern Libya to help in the rescue and recovery efforts in eastern Libya post Storm Daniel. This could b...

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23 flights of international aid from 12 states arrive in Libya within 24 hours – government asks UN to coordinate effort
Sep 13 Michel Cousins

23 flights of international aid from 12 states arrive in Libya within 24 hours – government asks UN to coordinate effort

September 14, 2023Domestic and international aid has started arriving to eastern Libya, the area devastated by Storm Daniel. This includes specialist...

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Libya sends specialist personnel to Turkey to aid in earthquake search and rescue
Feb 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya sends specialist personnel to Turkey to aid in earthquake search and rescue

Libya has sent specialist personnel to Turkey to aid in the post-earthquake search and rescue effort.The Tripoli government reported that on the instr...

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Libya expresses gratitude for Tunisia’s medical help in the Bint Baya tanker explosion incident
Aug 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya expresses gratitude for Tunisia’s medical help in the Bint Baya tanker explosion incident

Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its thanks and deep gratitude Tuesday for what the ‘‘sisterly state of Tun...

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Red Crescent delivers food and medical supplies to western region
Sep 29 Newsdesk1

Red Crescent delivers food and medical supplies to western region

By Libya Herald staff. (Image: Libyan Red Crescent)Tripoli, 29 September 2014:The Libyan Red Crescent headquarters in Tripoli has sent food and medica...

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Cyrene honours Italian aerial firefighters
Apr 8 Nigel Ash

Cyrene honours Italian aerial firefighters

By Nigel AshCyrene thanks the crews of the Italian firefighting planesTripoli, 8 April 2013:Suspicion is growing that arson was responsible for the tw...

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