Aug 3 Sami Zaptia

900 Special Forces to impose order in Benghazi

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 3 August 2013:Nine hundred members of the Libyan army's Special Forces took up their posts all over the city of Benghazi at th...

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New Chief of Staff promoted, then sworn in
Jul 31 thomwestcott

New Chief of Staff promoted, then sworn in

New Chief of Staff, Colonel Abdulsalam Jad Allah Al-Salheen Al-Obaidi, (left) with GNC President Nuri Abu SahmainTripoli, 31 July 2013:The new Chief o...

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Army chief criticises Zeidan for not building Libyan army
Jul 14 thomwestcott

Army chief criticises Zeidan for not building Libyan army

By Ahmed Elumami and Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 14 July 2013:Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been criticised by acting Army Chief of Staff, Salem Gnaidi, f...

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Jul 11 Nigel Ash

Army beefs up Benghazi Ramadan security

By Ahmed Elumami.Benghazi 11 July 2013:Security in Benghazi throughout Ramadan has been boosted by additional army patrols working with city police st...

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More army recruits graduate
Jul 3 Michel Cousins

More army recruits graduate

By Ayman Amzein. Benghazi, 3 July 2103: Five hundred new recruits formally joined the Libyan army at a graduation ceremony at Martyr Faraj Alaurfi...

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Seminar looks at Armed Forces reconstruction
May 27 Michel Cousins

Seminar looks at Armed Forces reconstruction

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 27 May 2013:A seminar on ‘Strategies for Developing the Libyan Army’ was held today at the headquarters of the General Chief...

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Apr 20 Michel Cousins

Kufra radar functional again

Tripoli, 20 April 2013:A unit of army engineers based managed to repair and re-activate the Kufra’s defence system which had been out of action for se...

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More armoured cars for border patrols
Feb 14 Nigel Ash

More armoured cars for border patrols

Tripoli, 14 February 2013:Libya has taken delivery of 49 armoured support vehicles from Jordan. Some 120 of the UAE-designed and built NIMRs, in two v...

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Motorised unit beefs up army in Bani Walid
Feb 3 Nigel Ash

Motorised unit beefs up army in Bani Walid

Tripoli, 3 February 2013:The army has reinforced its presence in Bani Walid with the arrival today of a motorised unit of 35  vehicles, to be attached...

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Trying to make thuwars real soldiers
Jan 24 Michel Cousins

Trying to make thuwars real soldiers

By Mathieu Galtier.Tripoli, 24 January 2013:Nearly two years after the beginning of the Revolution, the Libyan authorities want a united army. The suc...

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