Jul 22 Michel Cousins

Japanese diplomats and businessmen leave because of security situation

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 22 July 2014:The Japanese Embassy in Tripoli yesterday temporarily closed because of the security situation in the capital. T...

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May 11 Michel Cousins

General Staff orders 17 February Brigade to quit its Benghazi headquarters

By Moutaz Ahmed.Benghazi, 11 May 2014:The Chief of Staff has ordered the 17 February Brigade, which is technically part of the army, to move out of it...

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Apr 13 thomwestcott

Still no date for resumption of suspended BA flights

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 13 April 2014:British Airways has still not given a date for restarting flights to Libya, after suspending services mor...

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Feb 25 thomwestcott

Unidentified woman found murdered in Benghazi

By Noora Ibrahim.Benghazi, 25 February 2014:Authorities in Benghazi are trying to discover the identity of a murdered woman whose body was found in th...

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Three more Derna murders as security protest strike flops
Nov 27 Nigel Ash

Three more Derna murders as security protest strike flops

By Seraj Essul.Tripoli, 27 November 2013:Derna has seen another troubled day in which the bodies of two soldiers, apparently seized from a roadblock,...

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Aug 12 thomwestcott

Drive-by shooting in Ajdabiya leaves journalist with hand injury

Tripoli, 12 August 2013:A Brega-based journalist was shot in the hand on Saturday as he walked to a cashpoint outside the Commerce and Development Ban...

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Aug 4 Michel Cousins

Barasi resigns as Deputy PM

By Hadi Fornaji.Awad Barasi at a rally in Benghazi earlier this year Tripoli, 4 August 2013: Awad Barasi has resigned as Second Deputy Prime Ministe...

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Staff strike at Tripoli Central Hospital over security concerns
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Staff strike at Tripoli Central Hospital over security concerns

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 14 April:Staff at Tripoli’s Central Hospital left the building today to protest when SSC guards were being withdrawn, t...

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Jan 24 Nigel Ash

Westerners urged to leave Benghazi over "imminent terror threat"

Tripoli, 24 January 2013:European and North American embassies today warned their nationals in Benghazi to leave the city immediately because of a “sp...

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Hospital rage in Benghazi
Aug 4 Michel Cousins

Hospital rage in Benghazi

Benghazi, 4 August:Benghazi experienced another incident of hospital rage when a would-be patient and his friends were told the facility he wanted was...

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