Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Thinni government approves LD 2 million for illegal immigration control at airports and border crossings

By Libya Herald staff. Malta, 21 January 2015: The Libyan government approved LD 2 million to the Interior Ministry yesterday for border controls an...

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Jun 30 Michel Cousins

Government decides to legalise firearms

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Tripoli, 30 June 2014:The Interior Minister has decided to allow individuals to own arms and ammunition. It plans to issue gun...

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Jun 29 Michel Cousins

Police ordered back to work

By Moutaz Ali.A Libyan traffic policeman on duty; the Interior Ministry wants all police back at workTripoli, 29 June 2014Policemen who have not been...

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Car explodes in captal's Salahadeen district, kills driver
May 1 Michel Cousins

Car explodes in captal's Salahadeen district, kills driver

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 1 May 2014:A car blew up in Tripoli’s Salahadeen suburb today, killing the driver.  It appears that the cause of the ex...

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Interior Minister Mazig reveals that 30 percent of city security cameras are installed
Apr 10 Sami Zaptia

Interior Minister Mazig reveals that 30 percent of city security cameras are installed

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 10 April 2014:Interior Minister Salah Mazig revealed that about 30 percent of CCTV security cameras have been installed in Lib...

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Mar 19 Michel Cousins

Former Interior Ministry Undersecretary kidnapped

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 19 March 2014:The former Undersecretary at the Interior Ministry, Al-Bahlul Al-Said, was reported abducted this evening...

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Head of Zaweya Security Directorate released
Jan 6 Callum Paton

Head of Zaweya Security Directorate released

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 6 January 2014:The head of Zawia Security Directorate was held by kidnappers in Tripoli for two hours yesterday before...

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Dec 15 Michel Cousins

Tajouri kidnapped in Zintani "misunderstanding", then freed

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 15 December 2013:Senior Ministry of Interior official, Haitham Tajouri, was kidnapped last night on Tripoli's Airport R...

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Ex-Tripoli police chief blames government for capital's security vacuum
Nov 10 Nigel Ash

Ex-Tripoli police chief blames government for capital's security vacuum

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 10 November 2013:Tripoli’s former police chief, who once had to go out and buy bullets for his force’s weapons - on the black ma...

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Imposing security in Libya is not hard - former Deputy Interior Minister
Oct 22 Sami Zaptia

Imposing security in Libya is not hard - former Deputy Interior Minister

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 22 October 2013:"Imposing security in Libya is not hard"  said one of the former Deputy Interior Ministers Abdallah Masoud.Spe...

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