Tripoli fighting expands to south as airbase changes hands, humanitarian conditions worsen and death toll rises
Apr 18 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli fighting expands to south as airbase changes hands, humanitarian conditions worsen and death toll rises

By Sami Zaptia. Photo: UN OCHA and partner agencies London, 18 April 2019: The Tripoli war expanded to the south of Libya today as the Pro Faiez Se...

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UN calls for humanitarian pause to evacuate trapped civilians and deliver humanitarian assistance
Apr 17 Sami Zaptia

UN calls for humanitarian pause to evacuate trapped civilians and deliver humanitarian assistance

By Sami Zaptia. London, 17 April 2019: Ten days into the start of clashes in Tripoli, displacement numbers continue to steadily increase and a sig...

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No military solution to Libyan crisis, need to return to dialogue says EU’s Mogherini
Apr 17 Sami Zaptia

No military solution to Libyan crisis, need to return to dialogue says EU’s Mogherini

By Sami Zaptia. London, 17 April 2019: The EU’s High Representative Federica Mogherini called for an immediate ceasefire in the Tripoli fighting a...

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Tripoli fighting death toll at 147 with 614 wounded: WHO
Apr 16 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli fighting death toll at 147 with 614 wounded: WHO

By Sami Zaptia. The Serraj government gave its detailed account of the Tripoli fighting at a press conference in Tripoli yesterday (Photo: PC/GNA)....

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Civilian casualties and displacement expected to increase due to continued use of air strikes and heavy artillery: UN report
Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

Civilian casualties and displacement expected to increase due to continued use of air strikes and heavy artillery: UN report

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 April 2019: Civilian casualties and displacement is expected to increase due to the continued use of air strikes and he...

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Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

Both sides in Tripoli fighting accuse opponents of bombing of civilian areas

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 April 2019: Both sides in the Tripoli fighting accuse the other of bombing residential areas in Tripoli as fighting cont...

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Nearly 16,000 displaced as Tripoli fighting continues: UN report
Apr 14 Sami Zaptia

Nearly 16,000 displaced as Tripoli fighting continues: UN report

By Sami Zaptia. The main areas of fighting in and around Tripoli (Photo: OCHA). London, 14 April 2019: A report by the UN Office for the Coordinat...

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Indiscriminate shelling, civilian casualties, attacks on ambulances, electricity cuts and stranded civilians as a result of Tripoli fighting
Apr 12 Sami Zaptia

Indiscriminate shelling, civilian casualties, attacks on ambulances, electricity cuts and stranded civilians as a result of Tripoli fighting

By Sami Zaptia. London, 12 April 2019: Protection concerns for civilians remain paramount with reports of indiscriminate shelling on densely popu...

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Heavy armed clashes and artillery shelling on some Tripoli residential areas concerns UN
Apr 11 Sami Zaptia

Heavy armed clashes and artillery shelling on some Tripoli residential areas concerns UN

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli clashes highlighted by UN humanitarian agencies (Photo: UN OCHA). London, 11 April 2019: Heavy armed clashes and artillery...

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Apr 11 Sami Zaptia

Still time to avoid the worse in Libya: UN Secretary General

By Sami Zaptia. London, 11 April 2019: The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that there was still time to stop violence in Li...

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