Hafter’s war on Tripoli: One year on, no progress and no resolution. EU and UNSMIL continue call for truce - but without any effective action
Apr 4 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s war on Tripoli: One year on, no progress and no resolution. EU and UNSMIL continue call for truce - but without any effective action

By Sami Zaptia. London, 4 April 2020:One year on from the attack on Tripoli by Khalifa Hafter and his Libyan National Army (LNA) and their aligned for...

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Two new Coronavirus cases identified in Libya today, bringing total to three; Fighting and oil stoppage continues, international community calls for truce
Mar 28 Sami Zaptia

Two new Coronavirus cases identified in Libya today, bringing total to three; Fighting and oil stoppage continues, international community calls for truce

By Sami Zaptia. London, 28 March 2020:Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed today that two new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19)...

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International community and UNSMIL call for humanitarian truce in Libya in view of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak
Mar 17 Sami Zaptia

International community and UNSMIL call for humanitarian truce in Libya in view of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak

By Sami Zaptia. London, 17 March 2020:The Embassies of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States alo...

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Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes reduced fighting, confirms truce violations, invites truce extension and prisoner exchange

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 August 2019:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) today welcomed the reduced fighting between the forces defe...

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BREAKING: Hafter’s LNA accept conditional truce until Tuesday
Aug 10 Sami Zaptia

BREAKING: Hafter’s LNA accept conditional truce until Tuesday

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 August 2019:The Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan National Army has announced within the last hour that it has accepted Tripoli’s co...

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UNSMIL calls for extendable one-week humanitarian truce in Tripoli fighting in the spirit of the month of Ramadan
May 6 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL calls for extendable one-week humanitarian truce in Tripoli fighting in the spirit of the month of Ramadan

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 May 2019:In a statement released yesterday, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulated all the Libyan...

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