Libya and Turkey sign multi sector MoU, prepare for launch of strategic projects
Oct 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya and Turkey sign multi sector MoU, prepare for launch of strategic projects

Libya and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday in the fields of security training, oil and gas, and media. The government said...

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British Royal Navy ship HMS Albion docks in Tripoli – a first in eight years
Sep 29 Sami Zaptia

British Royal Navy ship HMS Albion docks in Tripoli – a first in eight years

The British Royal Navy ship, HMS Albion, docked in Tripoli yesterday, the first visit by a Royal Navy ship for eight years, the British embassy report...

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Italian Consul General Francesco Saverio De Luigi takes up his Benghazi post
Sep 3 Sami Zaptia

Italian Consul General Francesco Saverio De Luigi takes up his Benghazi post

The Italian embassy in Tripoli reported Thursday that its new Consul General in Benghazi, Francesco Saverio De Luigi, has taken up office on the same...

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Security Council renews UNSMIL Libya mandate for just three months due to lack of agreement
Jul 29 Sami Zaptia

Security Council renews UNSMIL Libya mandate for just three months due to lack of agreement

The UN Security Council voted yesterday to extend the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) but for a period of 3 months (un...

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Flights between Crete and Benghazi expected to start soon
Jun 20 Sami Zaptia

Flights between Crete and Benghazi expected to start soon

Flights between Hania on the Greek island of Crete and Benghazi are expected to start soon, eKathimerini.com reports.The Greek publication reports tha...

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Afriqiyah Airways starts direct flight from Benghazi to Istanbul from 18 June
Jun 8 Sami Zaptia

Afriqiyah Airways starts direct flight from Benghazi to Istanbul from 18 June

Libya’s state Afriqiyah Airways will start a direct flight from Benghazi’ Benina airport to Istanbul starting from Saturday 18 June.The airliner said...

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Turkish ambassador’s Benghazi visit signals further Turkish rapprochement with Hafter’s eastern Libya – interests override principles and make allies of old enemies
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

Turkish ambassador’s Benghazi visit signals further Turkish rapprochement with Hafter’s eastern Libya – interests override principles and make allies of old enemies

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 30 January 2022: Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, visited the Municipality of Benghazi yesterday signalling further...

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Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

EU imposes restrictive measures against Wagner Group

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 14 December 2021: The EU adopted what it called ‘‘a set of restrictive measures’’ yesterday against the Wagner Group, which it...

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Aug 11 Sami Zaptia

U.S. Ambassador Norland meets Hafter in Cairo to push for 24 December elections

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 August 2021:The U.S. Embassy revealed yesterday that U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland is in Cairo...

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Jun 21 Sami Zaptia

The opening of the coastal road is significant: U.S. Embassy

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 June 2021:Commenting on the reopening of the coastal road yesterday between western and eastern Libya, the U.S. Embassy said...

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