Tripoli PM Aldabaiba appoints Mustafa Al-Wahishi as the new head of the Internal Security Agency
May 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli PM Aldabaiba appoints Mustafa Al-Wahishi as the new head of the Internal Security Agency

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Alhamid Aldabaiba announced the appointment of Mustafa Ali Al-Wahishi yesterday as the new head of the Inter...

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U.S. military carries out joint training near Sirte with western and eastern Libyan forces
Mar 4 Sami Zaptia

U.S. military carries out joint training near Sirte with western and eastern Libyan forces

The U.S. Embassy in Libya announced today that the U.S. Africa Command, supported by U.S. Strategic Command, conducted what it called ‘‘a unique train...

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Africom commander Townsend meets Menfi, Aldabaiba, Haddad and the 5+5 JMC in Tripoli
Sep 29 Sami Zaptia

Africom commander Townsend meets Menfi, Aldabaiba, Haddad and the 5+5 JMC in Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia.London, 29 September 2021:U.S. Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and U.S. Special Envoy and Ambas...

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Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli militia clashes underscore urgent need for much-needed militia DDR

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 September 2020: Yesterday’s militia clashes in Tripoli’s Tajura suburb underscores the urgent need for much-needed reform of...

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Serraj Minister of Interior’s contradictory presser on militias, reveals conspiracies and huge corruption
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Serraj Minister of Interior’s contradictory presser on militias, reveals conspiracies and huge corruption

By Sami Zaptia. London, 24 February 2020: The Minister of Interior for Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli held a contradictory p...

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Jul 15 Sami Zaptia

LPRD spends LD 69 million reintegrating 70,000 ex-fighters

By Saber Ayyub.The Libyan Programme for Reintegration and Development (LPRD)Tripoli, 15 July 2015:The Libyan Programme for Reintegration and Developme...

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Perceptions of security in Libya – Institutional and revolutionary actors: USIP report
May 3 Sami Zaptia

Perceptions of security in Libya – Institutional and revolutionary actors: USIP report

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 3 May 2015:The report assesses the popular legitimacy of Libya’s current security providers and identifies their vecto...

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Apr 11 Callum Paton

Central Libya Shield Forces pull-out from Sirte airbase

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 11 April 2014:Misrata-based Central Libya Shield forces withdrew from Al-Qurdabiya airbase in Sirte on Wednesday following a re...

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Mar 21 Michel Cousins

Mismari dismissed as head of Air Force

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 21 March 2014:The head of the air force, Air Force Brigadier-General Ahmed Habib Al-Mismari, has been sacked over his p...

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Jan 4 Sami Zaptia

SSC Head defends his members and appealed for government help

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 4 January:The Supreme Security Committee (SSC) Head, Colonel Mohamed Sousi confirmed in a statement to LANA Wednesday that the...

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