Civilian casualties and displacement expected to increase due to continued use of air strikes and heavy artillery: UN report
Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

Civilian casualties and displacement expected to increase due to continued use of air strikes and heavy artillery: UN report

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 April 2019: Civilian casualties and displacement is expected to increase due to the continued use of air strikes and he...

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Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

Both sides in Tripoli fighting accuse opponents of bombing of civilian areas

By Sami Zaptia. London, 15 April 2019: Both sides in the Tripoli fighting accuse the other of bombing residential areas in Tripoli as fighting cont...

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Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

LNA admit loss of MIG jet fighter, claim progress on all fighting fronts, accuse Tripoli of harbouring terrorists

LBy Sami Zaptia. London, 15 April 2019: Giving a round-up of fighting operations in Libya’s western region at a press conference yesterday, Major G...

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Thousands demonstrate in Tripoli and Misrata against war, Hafter and Hafter’s foreign allies
Apr 13 Sami Zaptia

Thousands demonstrate in Tripoli and Misrata against war, Hafter and Hafter’s foreign allies

By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli demonstration yesterday against the war on Tripoli, Khalifa Hafter and his foreign state supporters (Photo: Social Media)...

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UNSMIL postpones Ghadames National Conference until conditions are right
Apr 9 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL postpones Ghadames National Conference until conditions are right

By Sami Zaptia. London, 9 April 2019: Ghassan Salame, head of UNSMIL, had announced today the postponement of the forthcoming National Conference...

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Apr 8 Sami Zaptia

UN warns on protection of civilians during Libya fighting

By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 April 2019: The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Maria Ribeiro, has warned Libya’s waring sides of the need for the...

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Hafter advance towards Tripoli repulsed as 'Wadi Doum 2' operation launched by Western Region Forces
Apr 5 Sami Zaptia

Hafter advance towards Tripoli repulsed as 'Wadi Doum 2' operation launched by Western Region Forces

By Sami Zaptia. Faiez Serraj photographed by fellow journalist Hamza Turkia at KM 27 checkpoint today (Photo: Hamza Turkia). London, 5 April 2019:...

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Salame talks tough in his latest Libya brief to UNSC
Sep 6 Sami Zaptia

Salame talks tough in his latest Libya brief to UNSC

By Sami Zaptia.Frankfurt, 6 September 2018:Ghassan Salame, SRSG and UNSMIL head, talked tough yesterday during his latest Libyabrief to the UN Securit...

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May 17 Nigel Ash

Nawasi Brigade thwarts Audit Bureau attack

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 17 May 2017:Armed men tried to storm the Tripoli headquarters of the Audit Bureau today but were seen off by the se...

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May 12 Michel Cousins

Clashes in capital trigger fears fresh fighting betweem Misratan and Tripoli militias

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 12 May 2017:Explosions in Tripoli’s Abu Sleem, Salahedeen and Airport Road districts late this evening have heighten...

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