Zawia clashes lead to Zawia Refinery shutdown and evacuation of Zawia Port
May 8 Sami Zaptia

Zawia clashes lead to Zawia Refinery shutdown and evacuation of Zawia Port

Armed clashes and exchanges of fire broke out in the city of Zawia overnight, intensifying rapidly as the morning went on. The city clashes inclu...

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Fierce overnight militia clashes in Surman - unconfirmed deaths reported by media
May 2 Sami Zaptia

Fierce overnight militia clashes in Surman - unconfirmed deaths reported by media

Fierce overnight militia clashes in the western coastal city of Surman between two militia groups using light and medium weapons, have reportedly...

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Emergency bad weather holiday announced today in Greater Tripoli as western Libya was hit by a passing storm of strong winds and heavy rain - many roads flooded, drivers stranded
Mar 17 Sami Zaptia

Emergency bad weather holiday announced today in Greater Tripoli as western Libya was hit by a passing storm of strong winds and heavy rain - many roads flooded, drivers stranded

Bad weather with winds and a heavy rainstorm over northwestern Libya, including the Greater Tripoli area, has led to today being announced a public ho...

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Bodies stored in car park as Benghazi morgues are full
Aug 7 Nigel Ash

Bodies stored in car park as Benghazi morgues are full

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 7 August 2016:Benghazi morgues are now completely full and bodies are being left outside in the sun because there...

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Fighting in Libya rages on: Portraits of four brave men
Jun 11 Michel Cousins

Fighting in Libya rages on: Portraits of four brave men

The Libya Herald reproduces the following article from the ICRC about four ordinary Libyans who, despite the chaos, the fighting, the pain and loss, d...

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Over 100 migrant bodies washed up on Zuwara beaches
Jun 3 Sami Zaptia

Over 100 migrant bodies washed up on Zuwara beaches

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 June 2016:The Libyan Red Crescent has reported that 117 bodies have been washed up across 25 km of beaches of the western Lib...

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May 25 Michel Cousins

Zawia Red Crescent suspends migrant rescue operations as UN runs workshop on saving lives; Italian navy saves 5,000 in two days

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli 25 May 2016:The Red Crescent office in Zawia, west of Tripoli, says that it is freezing all activities relating to illegal...

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Oct 25 Michel Cousins

Number of migrants drowned off Zliten now put at 45

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 25 October 2015:The Libyan Red Crescent has said that the number of bodies found near Zliten in the latest migrant drowning tr...

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Jul 24 Nigel Ash

Mass grave found in Derna

By Libya Herald reporters. Derna (File photo)Benghazi, 24 July 2015:It is being reported from Derna that locals have discovered a mass grave in a stro...

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Benghazi Red Crescent succours refugees
Jul 10 Nigel Ash

Benghazi Red Crescent succours refugees

By Adam Ali.Benghazi, 10 July 2015:Young volunteer members of the Benghazi Libya Red Crescent have been distributing aid to refugees sheltering in the...

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