Jun 28 Callum Paton

Saiqa Special Forces free kidnapped man in Benghazi

By Noora Ibrahim and Aimen Amzein. Benghazi, 28 June 2014: Saiqa Special forces say they have freed a man who had been kidnapped from an appartment...

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“Drunken” man arrested after assault on hotel
Sep 5 thomwestcott

“Drunken” man arrested after assault on hotel

By Tom Westcott. Several hotel windows were damaged in the incident (Photo: Nigel Ash, Libya Herald)Tripoli, 5 September 2013:A man said to be high on...

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Mortar attack misses Corinthia, hits OAP flat
Jul 23 thomwestcott

Mortar attack misses Corinthia, hits OAP flat

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 23 July 2013:A mortar attack, apparently targeting Tripoli’s five-star Corinthia hotel, missed its intended target and blew a...

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Feb 5 Michel Cousins

Over 100 injured on Tripoli by bullets and fireworks celebrating Mawlid.

This year’s festivities to mark of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday — Mawlid Al-Nabi — on Friday evening and Saturday were marred by a record number of...

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Fighting in Tripoli over Saadi's beach house
Feb 2 Michel Cousins

Fighting in Tripoli over Saadi's beach house

Forces from the Misrata and Zintan brigade fought an intensive machine gun battle in Tripoli on Wednesday. Initially reports said the fighting had sta...

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