Apr 18 Michel Cousins

Gunmen break into Portuguese embassy

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 18 April 2014:Four gunmen broke into the Portuguese embassy in Tripoli early this morning and beat up guards before fle...

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Jan 25 thomwestcott

More Egyptian diplomatic staff seized in Tripoli, embassy prepares to evacuate

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 25 January 2014:Four more staff members from the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli have been kidnapped, following the abducti...

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Oct 4 thomwestcott

Foreign Minister denies Russian diplomats were advised to quit Libya

Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 4 October 2013:Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdul Aziz has denied that Libyan authorities advised Russian diplomats to...

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Russian diplomats quit for Moscow after Tripoli embassy attack
Oct 3 thomwestcott

Russian diplomats quit for Moscow after Tripoli embassy attack

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 3 October 2013:Following Wednesday’s assault on the Russia’s Tripoli embassy in which the Tripoli Security Room says tw...

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Aug 3 Sami Zaptia

MENA security alert closes US embassies tomorrow for one day – including Tripoli

Tripoli, 3 August:The United States issued a security alert on Thursday to its citizens in the MENA region, leading to the closure of its embassies on...

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New US ambassador Deborah Kay Jones arrives in Tripoli
Jun 19 Sami Zaptia

New US ambassador Deborah Kay Jones arrives in Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 19 June 2013:Nine months after the Benghazi murder of US ambassador Chris Stevens and three colleagues in the assault on the A...

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May 24 Nigel Ash

French school shuts until next year

Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 24 May 2013:The French school in Tripoli is to close for an entire academic year because of security concernsSome 150 pupi...

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May 18 Sami Zaptia

Two small explosions in central Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 18 May 2013:Two small gelatina-type explosions went off at lunch time in separate parts of central Tripoli today.The first was...

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May 15 thomwestcott

New US ambassador awaits final approval

Tripoli, 15 May 2013:The nomination of Deborah K. Jones as the next US ambassador to Libya was yesterday approved by the US Senate Committee on Foreig...

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May 12 thomwestcott

BP pulls out international staff

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 12 May 2013:Acting on advice given by the British government, BP are the latest organisation to withdraw foreign staff from t...

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