Sep 3 Sami Zaptia

Pro Aldabaiba and pro Bashagha militias clash in Wirshafana area

There were militia clashes in the Wirshafana area of greater Tripoli late last night. The clashes were between pro Aldabaiba and pro Bashagha militias...

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Chad closes its border with Libya
Mar 5 Sami Zaptia

Chad closes its border with Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 March 2019:Chad’s government announced  that it has shut its border with Libya until further notice.In a televised statement...

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Feb 4 Nigel Ash

Janzour schools closed by fighting

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 4 February 2017:Random shelling in Janzour, 25 km northwest of Tripoli, has led to the closure of all schools in th...

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Sebha-based southern security chief tells Thinni he quits
Nov 2 Nigel Ash

Sebha-based southern security chief tells Thinni he quits

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 2 November 2016:Sebha-based southern security chief Colonel Ahmed Baraka has quit after critics apparently called him irre...

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Sep 20 Michel Cousins

Coast road west of Tripoli closed again

By Ajdnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 20 September 2016:A month after it was reopened, the coast road heading west from Tripoli has again been closed, this tim...

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Tunisia fears return of its terrorist nationals once Sirte has fallen
Sep 7 Nigel Ash

Tunisia fears return of its terrorist nationals once Sirte has fallen

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 7 September 2016:The Tunisian government is increasingly concerned at the potential return of hundreds of its nationa...

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Jadhran threatens revenge on LNA after Ajdabiya pullout
Jul 3 Michel Cousins

Jadhran threatens revenge on LNA after Ajdabiya pullout

By Moutaz Mathi. PFG commander Ibrahim Jadhran issues a threat against the LNA (Grab from Jadhran video on Facebook)Tripoli, 3 July 2016:The head of c...

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Jun 25 Michel Cousins

Border guard dispute briefly closes Ras Jedir crossing

By Houda Mzioudet.Tunis, 25 June 2016:The Ras Jedir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia was shut for several hours on Friday from the Libyan sid...

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Dec 31 Michel Cousins

Senior foreign ministry official killed by IS

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 31 December 2015:The head of security at the foreign ministry, Jamal Musa, is said to have been shot dead by Islamic State...

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May 22 Michel Cousins

Further Tebu/Zwai tit-for-tat killings in Kufra

By Libya Herald reporter. Aerial shot of Kufra (Photo: Social media)Benghazi, 22 May 2015:Hostilities between the Zwaiya and Tebus in Kufra show no si...

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