Damaged and drifting Russian gas tanker under control – being tugged away to sea by Libyan efforts
Mar 24 Sami Zaptia

Damaged and drifting Russian gas tanker under control – being tugged away to sea by Libyan efforts

SZ-24/03/26 The damaged and drifting Russian (LNG) gas tanker within Libyan territorial waters, the Arctic Metagaz, has been brought under control by...

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Zuwara Naval Operations Force carries out two interceptions of migrant boats within 4 hours
Oct 1 Sami Zaptia

Zuwara Naval Operations Force carries out two interceptions of migrant boats within 4 hours

Zuwara Naval Operations Force, affiliated with the Tripoli based Ministry of Defence, reported yesterday that it had successfully carried out two cons...

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Court convicts 105 million litres fuel smuggler for six and a half years and fine of LD 113 million
Apr 25 Sami Zaptia

Court convicts 105 million litres fuel smuggler for six and a half years and fine of LD 113 million

The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that the Criminal Court issued a ruling convicting the mastermind of a gang whose members deliberatel...

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Public Prosecutor detains a Libyan and 8 foreigners caught red handed smuggling fuel
Sep 11 Sami Zaptia

Public Prosecutor detains a Libyan and 8 foreigners caught red handed smuggling fuel

Libya’s Public Prosecutor has ordered the pretrial detention of a Libyan and 8 foreigners apprehended red-handed for smuggling 100,000 litres of diese...

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Demonstrations in Zuwara against the Zuwara Free Zone Development Project
Mar 9 Sami Zaptia

Demonstrations in Zuwara against the Zuwara Free Zone Development Project

The people of the Municipality of Zuwara say they categorically reject Law No. 14 of 2010 regarding the Zuwara-Ras Ajdir free zone area development pr...

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Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

Zuwara’s universities struggling says municipality

Zuwara MunicipalityBy Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 17 February 2018: Zuwara’s education chief has bemoaned the “very weak” universities in the municipality....

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Zuwara sees growth of students interested in Amazigh culture
Feb 17 Sami Zaptia

Zuwara sees growth of students interested in Amazigh culture

By Jamie Prentis. Tunis, 17 February 2018: Previously denied a chance to study their own culture, the number of students pursuing Tamazight higher edu...

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Zuwara feels the effect of petrol smuggling
Feb 13 Sami Zaptia

Zuwara feels the effect of petrol smuggling

By Jamie Prentis. Smuggling of fuel across the Libyan-Tunisian border is rife and in full view of officials on both sides (Photo: Archives by Houda Mz...

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Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli government leaves Zuwara Security Directorate to fend for itself

By Jamie Prentis.Zuwara Municipality says it gets no help from the central government in Tripoli.Zuwara, 12 February 2018: Zuwara’s security forces ar...

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PC commander Juwaili takes control of Ras Jedir border
Jan 8 Sami Zaptia

PC commander Juwaili takes control of Ras Jedir border

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 8 January 2018:The commander of the Presidency Council’s (PC) western military zone Usama Juwaili has officially take...

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