EU to end Operation Sophia and to launch new Mediterranean operation to monitor UN Libya arms embargo
Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

EU to end Operation Sophia and to launch new Mediterranean operation to monitor UN Libya arms embargo

By Sami Zaptia.London, 18 February 2020: The European Union announced yesterday that it will be launching a new Mediterranean operation to monitor the...

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Jun 11 Sami Zaptia

UN Security Council unanimously renews measures to implement Libya arms embargo for another year

By Sami Zaptia.The UN Security Council has extended its Libya arms embargo until 2020 (Photo: Archives UNSMIL).London, 11 June 2019:The UN Security Co...

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May 31 Sami Zaptia

NOC chairman Sanalla refuses to involve corporation in politics

By Sami Zaptia.London, 31 May 2018:Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, said that the NOC needs to remain independent from the cou...

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Apr 19 Sami Zaptia

$ 750 m worth of Libyan fuel is stolen: Sanalla

By Sami Zaptia.Mustafa Sanalla has called for Operation Sophia to combat fuel smuggling (Photo: Archives by Sami Zaptia).London, 19 April 2018:The Cha...

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Security and migrants at centre of latest Libya-EU talks
Aug 2 Michel Cousins

Security and migrants at centre of latest Libya-EU talks

By Gabriel Harrison.Tunis, 2 August 2017:Continued EU support for the building capacity in Libya as well as Presidency Council’s security institutions...

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Operation Sophia is a failure says British parliament
Jul 12 Nigel Ash

Operation Sophia is a failure says British parliament

By Jamie Prentis.Tuns, 12 July 2017:The EU's Operation Sophia has failed in its chief aim of disrupting migrant smuggling a committee at the UK's Hous...

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UNSC extends Libya maritime arms surveillance mandate
Jun 13 Michel Cousins

UNSC extends Libya maritime arms surveillance mandate

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 13 June 2017:The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend its arms embargo off the coast of Libya for another 12 mo...

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Presidency Council angrily denies arms smuggling rumours
May 14 Nigel Ash

Presidency Council angrily denies arms smuggling rumours

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 14 May 2017:The Presidency Council (PC) has angrily denied that it is in any way connected with an arms shipment in...

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Apr 25 Nigel Ash

Brussels technical talks on disrupting migrant smugglers' business model

By Libya Herald reporters. Italian coastguards intercept migrants smuggled from Libya (File photo)Tunis, 25 April 2017:The EU took a closer look at wh...

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Feb 16 Michel Cousins

Italy completes training of first batch of Libyan coastguards

By Alessandra Bocchi,Tunis, 16 February 2017:The first batch of Libyan coastguards being trained aboard the Italian naval vessel San Giorgio have now...

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