Zawia airport construction starts – under the NDA and to be implemented by a Turkish company
Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Zawia airport construction starts – under the NDA and to be implemented by a Turkish company

The eastern based branch of the state Libyan News Agency (LANA) reported last Monday (19 January) that work began on the same day on the Zawia Airport...

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Atletico Madrid win Benghazi’s Reconstruction Cup after beating Inter Milan 4-3 on penalties - great political showpiece for Hafter
Oct 13 Sami Zaptia

Atletico Madrid win Benghazi’s Reconstruction Cup after beating Inter Milan 4-3 on penalties - great political showpiece for Hafter

Atletico Madrid won the Reconstruction Cup held in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The football competition was sponsored and organised by the Li...

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Nine Corpses found in mortuary fridges in Al-Khadra Hospital – disbanded SSA militia say they are Hafter’s mercenaries
May 18 Sami Zaptia

Nine Corpses found in mortuary fridges in Al-Khadra Hospital – disbanded SSA militia say they are Hafter’s mercenaries

‎The Tripoli based Libya Ministry of Interior of the Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba government announced yesterday the discovery of 9 unidentified bodies and a...

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Oil blockade imposed on eastern ports – why now?
Jan 28 Sami Zaptia

Oil blockade imposed on eastern ports – why now?

The so-called ‘‘Oil Crescent Movement’’ has blockaded this morning the oil ports of the eastern region, under the control of Khalifa Hafter.Reports sa...

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High-level Canadian trade delegation to visit eastern Libya: Canadian ambassador Savard
Dec 3 Sami Zaptia

High-level Canadian trade delegation to visit eastern Libya: Canadian ambassador Savard

A high-level Canadian trade delegation will visit eastern Libya, Canada’s ambassador to Libya, Isabel Savard, was reported by the eastern based Genera...

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Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International

Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (formerly called the Libyan National Army - LNA), an armed group in control of eastern Libya, must immediate...

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Bashagha suspended by HoR as eastern-based prime minister
May 19 Sami Zaptia

Bashagha suspended by HoR as eastern-based prime minister

At its session on 16 May, The House of Representatives (HoR) voted to suspended the eastern-based Prime Minister of the so-called Government of Nation...

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Bashagha enters Tripoli briefly before being forced to exit swiftly in the face of determined militia opposition
May 17 Sami Zaptia

Bashagha enters Tripoli briefly before being forced to exit swiftly in the face of determined militia opposition

Fathi Bashagha the Libyan Prime Minister selected by the country’s parliament (the House of Representatives - HoR) in March this year secretly entered...

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Libyan Airlines to resume flights between Benghazi’s Benina airport and Istanbul - as of tomorrow
May 11 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Airlines to resume flights between Benghazi’s Benina airport and Istanbul - as of tomorrow

State-owned and controlled Libyan Airlines announced the resumption of flights between Benghazi’s Benina airport and Istanbul.Flights will start tomor...

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I will not hand over power to the military and Muslim Brotherhood: Aldabaiba
Feb 9 Sami Zaptia

I will not hand over power to the military and Muslim Brotherhood: Aldabaiba

A war of hearts and minds has erupted between the two main Libyan political forces currently fighting over power.Libya’s Caretaker Prime Minister, Ab...

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