Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

Sharara field reopens and is shut down again within hours by a different militia: NOC

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 10 June 2020:In a farcical scene that embodies the state of post-Qaddafi militia Libya since 2011, the National Oil...

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Hafter launches Murzuq Basin military campaign in south
Oct 24 Sami Zaptia

Hafter launches Murzuq Basin military campaign in south

By Sami Zaptia. London, 24 October 2018:Khalifa Hafter, in his role as General Commander of the predominantly eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA)...

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Oct 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya's resource economy militia clashes will continue to restrain growth: World Bank

By Sami Zaptia. London, 4 October 2018:The World Bank has concluded that on-gong clashes by Libya's militias will continue to hamper growth. It imp...

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Feb 14 Sami Zaptia

Mitiga airport reopens after gunfire causes short closure

By Sami Zaptia. Mitiga Airport's main entrance (Photo: From archives by Nigel Ash, Libya Herald)London, 14 February 2018: Tripoli’s only operating air...

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Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

LNA airstrikes hit Sudanese and Chadian militias

By Jamie Prentis.LNA spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mismari said the new Operation Desert Fury seeks to curb militias and criminals in the south (Archive pho...

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Oct 19 Michel Cousins

Water stops in Tripoli as Qaddafi militants now threaten to blow up gas pipeline

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 19 October 2017:The water supply in Tripoli and the sounding area has once again stopped after a pro-Qaddafi militia...

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Libya losing 360,000 b/d from oilfield closures says NOC
Aug 30 Michel Cousins

Libya losing 360,000 b/d from oilfield closures says NOC

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 30 August 2017:Libya is losing 360,000 barrels a day of crude oil production because of pipelines from three western o...

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Jun 6 Michel Cousins

Clashes reignite in Zawia as both sides reinforce

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 6 June 2017:Zawia settled into an uneasy calm today after clashes reignited last night between rival Ahneish and Khadr...

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Jun 4 Michel Cousins

Zawia assassination triggers fighting in town

By Libya Herald Reporter.Tunis, 4 June 2017:Heavy fighting again broke out in Zawia early this morning between the militias of the rival Khadrawi and...

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May 27 Michel Cousins

Tajouri takes Hadba prison, also demolishes home of Khaled Al-Sharif

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 27 May 2017:Militia commander Haitham Tajouri and his Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) seized Hadba prison late l...

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