Saif al-Islam Qaddafi killed, 444 Combat Brigade denies connection – Attorney General opens investigation
Feb 3 Sami Zaptia

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi killed, 444 Combat Brigade denies connection – Attorney General opens investigation

Reports and social media photographs purport that Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the former dictator Muamar Qaddafi, has been killed late on Tuesday. D...

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More Tripoli militia clashes as the battle for legitimacy continues
Aug 8 Sami Zaptia

More Tripoli militia clashes as the battle for legitimacy continues

There were more militia clashes Friday night on the outskirts of Tripoli as the battle for who has the legitimacy to be Libya’s prime minister continu...

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Misrata militia clashes increase Libyan tensions
Jul 24 Sami Zaptia

Misrata militia clashes increase Libyan tensions

Following Friday’s Tripoli militia clashes, state recognized militias clashed briefly in Misrata yesterday to add to tensions in western Libya.The Joi...

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Tripoli militias announce "unification" into new Tripoli Protection Force
Dec 18 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli militias announce "unification" into new Tripoli Protection Force

By Sami Zaptia. London, 18 December 2018:Four main Tripoli militias announced their amalgamation today into a new Tripoli Protection Force (TPF).The m...

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Sep 1 Sami Zaptia

Ceasefire breaks down as militia fighting reignites and indiscriminate shelling continues in Tripoli’s militia war

By Sami Zaptia.Frankfurt, 1 September 2018:The fragile ceasefire agreed yesterday in Tripoli’s ‘‘militia war’’ broke down today as the indiscriminate...

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Tuaregs will not be used by Saif Qaddafi as a means to political goals: HoR member Hammah
Aug 10 Sami Zaptia

Tuaregs will not be used by Saif Qaddafi as a means to political goals: HoR member Hammah

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 August 2018:The Tuareg House of Representatives member Saleh Hammah (Bakada) said that his people will not be used by Siaf A...

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Jun 25 Sami Zaptia

BREAKING: LNA to hand over oil crescent to Benghazi-based NOC

By Sami Zaptia.LNA spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mesmari (Photo: Archives from LANA)London, 25 June 2018:The official spokesperson for the Khalifa Hafter-le...

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Sebha’s tribal clashes resume after brief lull
Apr 24 Sami Zaptia

Sebha’s tribal clashes resume after brief lull

By Jamal Adel. Kufra, 24 April 2018: Clashes re-ignite in Sebha last Friday between rivals from the Awlad Sulieman tribe and the Tebus following two w...

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Anger grows over Benghazi entertainer arrest by Salafists
Dec 23 Michel Cousins

Anger grows over Benghazi entertainer arrest by Salafists

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi/Tunis, 23 December 2017:Public anger has been growing over the arrest of a Benghazi entertainer who was asked to pe...

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Hafter declares Skhirat agreement finished and PC no longer legitimate
Dec 17 Michel Cousins

Hafter declares Skhirat agreement finished and PC no longer legitimate

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi/Tunis, 17 December 2017:The head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Hafter has said that it n...

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