Libyan Islamist accused of assassinating four in US Benghazi Consulate in 2012 arrives under arrest in Washington DC
Feb 6 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Islamist accused of assassinating four in US Benghazi Consulate in 2012 arrives under arrest in Washington DC

US Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed the arrest of Libyan Zubayr al-Bakoush, suspected of carrying out the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in...

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Saif al-Islam Qaddafi buried in Bani Walid next to his brother – thousands attend funeral as supporters of former regime display old green flag
Feb 6 Sami Zaptia

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi buried in Bani Walid next to his brother – thousands attend funeral as supporters of former regime display old green flag

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of former dictator Muamar Qaddafi, was buried in Bani Walid today next to his brother. Saif was assassinated last Tuesday e...

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Libya loses appeal against subsidiary of Austrian construction company Strabag
Jun 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya loses appeal against subsidiary of Austrian construction company Strabag

Libya lost its tribunal appeal on 27 May against an earlier ruling in favour of Austrian construction company Strabag at a U.S. District of Columbia c...

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Apr 29 Sami Zaptia

The 5+5 JMC continues to struggle to reopen coastal road – vexed withdrawal of foreign forces causing delay

By Sami Zaptia.London, 29 April 2021: The 5+5 Joint Military Commission met for its fourth meeting at its headquarters at the Ouagadougou centre in Si...

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Benghazi Municipality contracts to demolish and rebuild port façade
Mar 20 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi Municipality contracts to demolish and rebuild port façade

By Sami Zaptia.London, 20 March 2021:The Municipality of Benghazi announced today that it has contracted to demolish and rebuild the facade of the Ben...

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Mar 2 Sami Zaptia

Afriqiyah Airways announces start of Benghazi-Misrata flights – another step toward normalization

By Sami Zaptia.(Photo: Afriqiyah).London, 2 March 2021:Libya’s state Afriqiyah Airways announced yesterday the restart of its Benghazi - Misurata - Be...

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Op-Ed: Libya: The way forward is riddled
Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Libya: The way forward is riddled

By Ambassador Anil Trigunayat.21 January 2021: A wasted decade is the story of Libya and apathy of an interventionist but irresponsible international...

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Libya rates as most-worsened country in world for past decade: FSI
Sep 10 Sami Zaptia

Libya rates as most-worsened country in world for past decade: FSI

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 September 2020:A report by Patricia Taft in the 2020 Fragile States Index (FSI) rates Libya as ‘‘the most-worsened country i...

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Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s internationally recognized government declares ceasefire, calls for demilitarized zone, departure of foreign forces, resumption of oil exports and elections in 2021

By Sami Zaptia.Faiez Serraj, Libya's internationally recognized prime minister has announced a ceasefire which Ageela Saleh, head of Libya's parliamen...

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Serraj meets Turkish and Qatari defence ministers to discuss security and defence cooperation
Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

Serraj meets Turkish and Qatari defence ministers to discuss security and defence cooperation

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 August 2020:Faiez Sarraj, the internationally recognized prime minister of Libya, met on Monday with the Turkish and Qatari...

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