Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

Explosive device at Tripoli Post Office was false alarm: Ministry of Interior

By Sami Zaptia. Libya's Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior has confirmed that the reported explosive package at the main Post Office was a false aler...

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Former Tripoli Security Directorate head transferred to Italy for treatment after shooting
Nov 27 Sami Zaptia

Former Tripoli Security Directorate head transferred to Italy for treatment after shooting

By Sami Zaptia. London, 27 November 2018:Tripoli Security Directorate (TSD), part of the Faiez Serraj Ministry of Interior,  announced today that its...

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UPDATE: Beida government denies Al-Madani Al-Fakhri reappointment and Thinni resignation threat; sacks Fakhri completely
Oct 31 Michel Cousins

UPDATE: Beida government denies Al-Madani Al-Fakhri reappointment and Thinni resignation threat; sacks Fakhri completely

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 31 October 2016:The Beida-based government of Abdullah Al-Thinni has stripped General Mohamed Al-Madani Al-Fakhri o...

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Half a million new e-passports arriving by early March
Feb 23 Sami Zaptia

Half a million new e-passports arriving by early March

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 February 2016:The Ministry of Interior has today announced that a shipment of 571,000 new blue e-passports will start arrivi...

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Aman Bank heist foiled
Jun 12 Michel Cousins

Aman Bank heist foiled

By Seraj Essul.Tripoli 12 June 2014:An attempted armed robbery today at the Aman Bank’s main branch in Tripoli’s Gurji district was foiled by bank sec...

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Mar 26 thomwestcott

Partial blockade on the Airport Road

Tripoli, 26 March 2014:There are reports this morning that Tripoli’s Airport Road has been partially blockaded.“There were burning tyres across the ro...

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Nov 30 Nigel Ash

Tripoli Tower row: UK embassy suspends work temporarily

By Libya Herald staffThe Tripoli Tower, currently without lifts and waterTripoli, 30 November, 2013:The British embassy has announced a temporary susp...

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Oct 14 Michel Cousins

New security head for Tripoli

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 14 October 2013:A new head of the National Security Directorate in Tripoli has been appointed by the Deputy Prime Minis...

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Aug 21 Michel Cousins

Congolese diplomat attacked in Janzour area, driver injured

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 21 August 2013:A Congo (Brazzaville) diplomatic official was victim of an attack in the Janzour area of Tripoli by an unkno...

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Aug 7 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi JSR spokesperson continues to criticise Ministry of Interior

By Ahmed Elumami, Benghazi and Sami Zaptia, Tripoli.7 August 2013:Speaking to Libya Herald, Benghazi’s Joint Security Room (JSR) official spokesperson...

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