Mar 26 Michel Cousins

Suq Al-Juma and Warshefana exchange prisoners

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 26 March 2014:There was an exchange of prisoners yesterday between Suq Al-Juma and the Warshefana area. The handover wa...

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Nov 16 Sami Zaptia

Zeidan changes stress, declares yesterday's demonstration peaceful

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 16 November 2013: Prime Minister Ali Zeidan this morning, backtracked on, or changed the stress, of the statement he made y...

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Migrants claim Libyan gunfire caused boat tragedy
Oct 14 thomwestcott

Migrants claim Libyan gunfire caused boat tragedy

By Tom Westcott. Up to 50 people are believed to have died after the boat capsized (Photo: UNHCR)Tripoli, 14 October 2013:Survivors of a doomed migran...

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May 9 Michel Cousins

Militiamen still besieging the ministries

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 9 May 2013:Reports that militiamen who have been besieging the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice for over a week had...

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"We won’t use these weapons": militiamen at Justice Ministry siege
May 1 thomwestcott

"We won’t use these weapons": militiamen at Justice Ministry siege

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 1 May 2013:Militiamen who are besieging the Ministry of Justice demanding that the Political Isolation Law be passed say that...

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Hearings of Tripoli airport seizure accused continue
Dec 27 tomlittle

Hearings of Tripoli airport seizure accused continue

Tripoli, 27 December:Lawyers defending suspects accused of seizing Tripoli International Airport by force of arms in June made their opening statement...

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Libya's south: migrants' journeys
Dec 23 tomlittle

Libya's south: migrants' journeys

By Beata Oleksy. Migrants at the Al-Weigh detention centre await deportation to Chad (Photo: Beata Oleksy)Tripoli, 23 December:A migrants’ detention c...

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May 11 Michel Cousins

New grave found near Sirte

Sirte, 11 May: A grave containing the remains of seven people believed to have been killed by Qaddafi’s forces during last year’s revolution has been...

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Apr 14 Michel Cousins

Former girls' Military Academy handed over

Tripoli, 14 April:The Libyan air force began on Thursday morning to take over of the headquarters of the former Military Academy for Girls, located in...

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Detained journalists are "spies" says Faraj Swehli
Mar 5 Nigel Ash

Detained journalists are "spies" says Faraj Swehli

The commander of the Misrata militia holding two British journalists and their Libyan driver has accused them of spying and entering the country illeg...

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