Clearance of unexploded ordnance makes Libyan cities safer
Aug 9 thomwestcott

Clearance of unexploded ordnance makes Libyan cities safer

Tripoli, 9 August 2013:Three Libyan towns and cities have been made safer for residents after 100,000 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) dating from t...

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Jul 31 thomwestcott

Car-bomb defused in Benghazi

Benghazi, 31 July 2013:The bomb-disposal department of the Benghazi security forces defused a car-bomb last night, in the city's Buatni district.The v...

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Libyana store closed after drive-by shooting
Jul 30 thomwestcott

Libyana store closed after drive-by shooting

Tripoli, 30 July 2013:A Libyana store close to Tripoli’s Omar Mukhtar Street remained closed today after two people were injured in a drive-by shootin...

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Car-bomb defused outside Radisson Blu Hotel
Jul 30 thomwestcott

Car-bomb defused outside Radisson Blu Hotel

Tripoli, 30 July 2013:A car-bomb was defused outside Tripoli’s five-star Mahari Radisson Blu Hotel last night.“The car had eleven explosive devices...

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Truck explodes in Tripoli, sets nearby Iveco alight
Jul 29 thomwestcott

Truck explodes in Tripoli, sets nearby Iveco alight

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 29 July 2013:A light goods truck exploded in the early hours of this morning, causing a huge blaze and incinerating an...

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Massive jailbreak near Benghazi - 1,182 convicts on the run
Jul 27 thomwestcott

Massive jailbreak near Benghazi - 1,182 convicts on the run

By Ahmed Elumami.Kowafiyah prison, the scene of a major jailbreak in the early hours of this morningBenghazi, 27 July 2013:More than a thousand prison...

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Jul 20 thomwestcott

Airport Road quiet after clashes leave two dead and four injured

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 20 July, 2013:Calm seems to have returned to Tripoli’s Hay Al-Zohour district on the Airport Road, after clashes between ar...

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Jul 14 thomwestcott

GECOL to support Ajilat families after electrical accident

By Ahraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 14 July 2013:The General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) has set up a committee to manage the aftermath of a collapsed...

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Jul 13 thomwestcott

Staff protest over violence closes Benghazi hospital

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 13 July 2013:A violent outbreak between two feuding families in Benghazi’s Al-Jalah hospital has sparked an angry protest f...

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Two dead in Air Force graduation tragedy
Jul 4 thomwestcott

Two dead in Air Force graduation tragedy

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 4 July 2013:An air show, part of a ceremony to celebrate the graduation of pilots at Benghazi’s Air Force base, today went tr...

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