Bashagha enters Tripoli briefly before being forced to exit swiftly in the face of determined militia opposition
May 17 Sami Zaptia

Bashagha enters Tripoli briefly before being forced to exit swiftly in the face of determined militia opposition

Fathi Bashagha the Libyan Prime Minister selected by the country’s parliament (the House of Representatives - HoR) in March this year secretly entered...

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May 9 Sami Zaptia

Militias ‘‘raid’’ Corinthia hotel seeking Presidency Head Menfi in protest at new Intelligence head and Foreign Minister Mangoush

By Sami Zaptia. London, 9 May 2021:A group of state-recognized militias forced their way into the grounds of the Corinthia hotel in Tripoli on Friday...

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Indiscriminate civilian shelling continues as Tripoli militias continue to break ceasefire with impunity
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

Indiscriminate civilian shelling continues as Tripoli militias continue to break ceasefire with impunity

By Sami Zaptia.London, 20 September:The UNSMIL-brokered ceasefire in the south Tripoli militia fighting brokedown again today as fighting escalated.Tr...

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Tripoli demonstrators demand change
Sep 17 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli demonstrators demand change

By Sami Zaptia.London, 17 September 2018:Demonstrators took to the streets of Tripoli yesterday demnding wholescale change in their lives and Libyan a...

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Aug 30 Sami Zaptia

Gunfire and shelling still reported despite mediated truce in south Tripoli militia fighting

By Sami Zaptia.Frankfurt, 30 August 2018:Gunfire and shells were still being reported by south Tripoli residents despite a truce in the third day of t...

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Aug 22 Michel Cousins

Zeidan affair gets murkier as Serraj denies attorney general ordered arrest

By Libya Herald reporters. Former prime minister Ali Zeidan (Photo: Sami Zaptia)Tripoli/Cairo, 22 August 2017:Abducted former prime minister Ali Zeida...

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Ghneiwa to set up Abu Sleem complaints office
Jul 17 Michel Cousins

Ghneiwa to set up Abu Sleem complaints office

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 17 July 2017:The head of the so-called Central Security Authority in Abu Sleem, Abdul-Ghani Al-Kikli (a.k.a. Ghneiwa),...

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Pro-Ghwell forces halt advance on Tripoli after Serraj calls for international allies to attack
Jul 7 Michel Cousins

Pro-Ghwell forces halt advance on Tripoli after Serraj calls for international allies to attack

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli/Tunis 7 July 2017:Military forces massing around Tripoli, planning to overthrow the Presidency Council (PC) and re-i...

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Pro-Ghariani militiaman murdered in Tripoli
Jun 22 Michel Cousins

Pro-Ghariani militiaman murdered in Tripoli

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 22 June 2017:A militiaman with the Rahbat Al-Droua brigade which is based in the east Tripoli district of Tajoura was shot dead...

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May 29 Nigel Ash

Ghwell said his fighters withdrew to prevent further damage in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporters. Khalifa Ghwell  head of the resurrected National Salvation Government (File photo)Tripoli, 29 May 2017:Khalifa Ghwell has c...

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