Tripoli’s Al-Sha’ab shrine demolished
By Al Russell. A digger tearing down the shrine in central Tripoli (Photo: Al Russell) Tripoli, 25 August: The Al-Sha'ab...
Another Sufi mosque attacked
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 25 August: Another mosque has . . .been vandalised by Salafists. The Sidi Sha’ab Mosque opposite...
Ministry of Interior condemns Eid car bombs as ‘cowardly and terrorist’
By Sami Zaptia. Under Secretary for Interior Omar Khadrawi revealed that there were other bombs planned and that those...
Protestors at GNC call for security improvements
Tripoli, 25 August: A demonstration took place on Thursday morning outside the headquarters of the General National Congress (GNC) at...
Justice Minister adds further confusion to Saif trial debate
By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Tripoli, 25 August: The Minister . . .of Justice has told the Libya Herald that the trial...
Libya to send two athletes to London 2012 Paralympic Games
By Mohamed Assed. Tripoli, 25 August: Libya will be represented by . . .two Libyan athletes in the London 2012...
Qaddafi diplomats expelled by Canada now claim asylum there
Libyan's protest outside the Ottawa . . .embassy (with acknowledgements to Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press) Tripoli, 24 August: Three of five...
Massive damage to major sufi shrine follows fatal Zliten clashes
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 24 August: One of Libya’s most . . .important Sufi shrines, that of the Sidi Abdul-Salam...
Magarief rebuts claims of imminent Saif trial in Zintan as “rumours and lies”
By George Grant. Both the National Congress speaker and the government now appear to be at odds with the prosecutor-general's...
Al-Kib helps bulldoze Bab Al-Aziziya to make way for public park
By Al Russell. Al-Kib aboard a bulldozer as work begins at Bab Al-Aziziya (Photo: Al Russell) Tripoli, 24 August: A...
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