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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Rada raids Comic Con, arrests over 20 organisers, participants and spectators
Nov 4 Sami Zaptia

Rada raids Comic Con, arrests over 20 organisers, participants and spectators

By Sami Zaptia. Lugano, 4 November 2017:The Rada Special Deterrence Force, led by Salafi Islamist Abdulraouf Kara, raided the Comic Con exhibition yes...

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Radical Saudi cleric prevented from speaking in Tobruk
Feb 7 Nigel Ash

Radical Saudi cleric prevented from speaking in Tobruk

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 7 February 2017:Tobruk locals have forced the closure of the local Awqaf and Islamic affairs office in the town in protest at...

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Libyans start celebrations of the Prophet's Birthday, but Salafists attack mosque in Zliten
Dec 11 Michel Cousins

Libyans start celebrations of the Prophet's Birthday, but Salafists attack mosque in Zliten

By Libya Herald reporter. Photo purportedly of Salafists smashing up a mosque in Zliten (Photo: Social media)Tripoli, 11 December 2016:There were fire...

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Writer Khalil Al-Hassi threatens to sue Beida imam reported to have called him a “Shia infidel”
Oct 29 Michel Cousins

Writer Khalil Al-Hassi threatens to sue Beida imam reported to have called him a “Shia infidel”

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 29 October 2016:Libyan writer and musician Khalil Al-Hassi is threatening t0 sue an imam in Beida, Mohamed Al-Drisy, over alleg...

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Salafists destroy central Misratan tomb in broad daylight
Apr 3 Nigel Ash

Salafists destroy central Misratan tomb in broad daylight

By Libya Herald reporters.Misrata, 3 April 2016:An historic city centre tomb containing the bodies of 38 Misratans massacred by Italian troops in 1915...

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Sufi shrine in central Tripoli destroyed
Dec 22 Michel Cousins

Sufi shrine in central Tripoli destroyed

By Libya Herald reporter. The destroyed Sufi shine in central Tripoli (Photo: Social media)Tripoli, 22 December 2015:A Sufi shrine at the central Trip...

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Being a journalist in Libya’s climate of fear 
Oct 22 Nigel Ash

Being a journalist in Libya’s climate of fear 

By Nima Tamaddon.Washington, 22 October 2015:In the absence of objective, accurate and compelling reporting in much of the Libyan media landscape, new...

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Jun 22 Nigel Ash

Tobruk imams bar burial for IS dead

By Adjnadin Mustafa. Tripoli, 22 June 2015:After Tobruk residents and imams objected to their burial in a local cemetery, the bodies of eight Islamic...

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May 6 Newsdesk2

Islamists' influence seen as growing in Tripoli's schools

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 6 May 2015:The growing influence of radical Islamists in Tripoli since Libya Dawn forces took control of the city has b...

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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemns slaughter of 30 Ethiopians in Libya
Apr 24 Newsdesk1

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemns slaughter of 30 Ethiopians in Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 24 April 2015:The 57-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the “atrocious” massacre of thirty E...

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