Jun 11 Sami Zaptia

NOC welcomes unprecedented UN sanctions against human traffickers

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 June 2018:The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has welcomed the unprecedented UN sanctions imposed last week against human tra...

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May 23 Sami Zaptia

Russia postpones UN ban on 6 Libyan human traffickers

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 May 2018:Russia yesterday postponed a proposal for a UN Security Council commission to impose sanctions on six Libyans accus...

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Mar 13 Sami Zaptia

UN Libya Experts Panel seeking to establish the true value of Libya’s frozen assets

By Sami Zaptia:The UN Libya Experts Panel report.London, 13 March 2018: In the section of Libya’s frozen assets, the UN Libya Exerts Panel report says...

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Greek authorities confirm ship from Turkey transporting potential explosive-making material to Misrata
Jan 11 Sami Zaptia

Greek authorities confirm ship from Turkey transporting potential explosive-making material to Misrata

By Vanessa Tomassini,Rome, 11 January 2018: Greek authorities confirmed to Libya Herald the details of the ship they had sequestered carrying potentia...

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Aug 24 Nigel Ash

New LIA chief wants UN to introduce "smart sanctions"

By Libya Herald reporters.London, 24 August 2017:The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) says it is being crippled by the UN freeze on its once $69 bill...

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May 12 Nigel Ash

Puzzling UN delisting of tanker Distya Ameya as it heads back to Libya

By Libya Herald reporters. The Indian tanker Distya Ameya (Photo: social media)Tripoli,  12 May 2016:In an odd development, at the request of the Liby...

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Apr 27 Michel Cousins

UN sanctions tanker involved in controversial oil export

By Libya Herald staff. The Distya Ameya previously the Greek-flagged Kassos (Photo: thanks to MarineTraffic.com, A. Mackinnon)Tunis, 27 April 2016:The...

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Global Aviation's Air Malta cargo deal may be in doubt over UN gun-running claims
May 4 Nigel Ash

Global Aviation's Air Malta cargo deal may be in doubt over UN gun-running claims

By Libya Herald reporters. Global Aviation's leased 747 cargo plane at Ostend (Photo:Loadstar)Tripoli, 4 May 2015:Air Malta is reviewing a deal to wor...

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Pro-Dawn municipalities demand UN brand Jibril a war criminal
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Pro-Dawn municipalities demand UN brand Jibril a war criminal

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 25 March 2015:In a letter to General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, representatives from nine municipalities loy...

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Mar 4 Michel Cousins

UN report paints damning picture of foreign complicity in rearming Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 4 March 2015:Hundreds of tonnes of weapons are pouring into Libya by land, sea and air to fuel its civil war, a UN sancti...

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