Sep 14 Sami Zaptia

Tunisia appoints new Ambassador to Tripoli, speculation of embassy reopening

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 September 2020:The Tunisian Foreign Ministry announced the appointment of a new Ambassador to Tripoli on Saturday. He is Ass...

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Nov 1 Nigel Ash

Turkey denies plans to reopen its Benghazi consulate

By Libya Herald reporters. The re-opened Turkish embassy in Tripoli (File photo)Tunis, 1 November 2017:Rumours that Turkey will shortly be reopening i...

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Algeria to reopen its Tripoli embassy "soon": report
Sep 5 Nigel Ash

Algeria to reopen its Tripoli embassy "soon": report

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 5 September, 2017.Algeria pans to reopen its embassy in Tripoli, its foreign minister, Abdelkader Messahel,  has told...

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Dutch to reopen Tripoli embassy
Jun 29 Nigel Ash

Dutch to reopen Tripoli embassy

Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 29 June 2017:The Dutch government is to reopen its Tripoli embassy. The news was broken to Presidency Council (PC) head...

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May 6 Michel Cousins

Italy to appoint new ambassador

By Libya Herald staff. Giuseppe Grimaldi at the Italian embassy in Tripoli (Photo: Libya Herald)Tunis, 6 May 2015:Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, who has b...

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Jul 30 Michel Cousins

French embassy pulls out; Italians and British stay on

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 30 July 2014:The remaining members of the French embassy staff, including Ambassador Antoine Sivan, sailed out of Tripoli ove...

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Jul 27 Michel Cousins

Western governments tell nationals to leave Libya; Germans and Dutch closing embassies

By Hadi Fornji.Tripoli, 27 July 2014:The governments of France, Germany, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA have told their citizens to leave Libya s...

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Jul 26 Michel Cousins

US evacuates embassy

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 26 July 2014:The United States has temporarily pulled its diplomats and embassy support staff out of L...

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May 16 Michel Cousins

Algeria closes embassy after ambassador's residence attacked

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli 16 May 2014:Algeria has become the latest Arab state to close its embassy and consulate general in Tripoli, following an...

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Apr 20 thomwestcott

Iraq embassy working as normal, staff have not left Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 20 April 2014:The Iraqi embassy in Tripoli is working normally and diplomatic staff have not fled to Tunisia, the embas...

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