U.S. and Italian drones crash or shot down over Libya
By Sami Zaptia. An Italian Predator drone crashed or was downed over Libya on Thursday (Photo: Social Media). London, 23 ...
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Heavy militia fighting in south Tripoli as ceasefire breaks down
By Sami Zaptia. Frankfurt, 29 August 2018: There was heavy militia fighting in the southern suburbs of Tripoli today as ...
US conducts two more anti-IS strikes
By Libya Herald reporter. AFRICOM has conducted more strikes against DEASH / IS in Libya (Africom). Tunis, 21 November 2017: ...
Serraj to ask the UN Security Council to lift the arms embargo
By Libya Herald reporters. General Thomas Waldhauser with Faiez Serraj and US envoy Peter Bodde (Photo: US Navy) Tunis, 23 ...
Serraj again meets US Africom head
By Jamie Prentis. Serraj at AFRICOM in Stuttgart today (Photo: PC) Tunis, 5 April 2017: Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj ...
Trump will make IS in Libya a priority says security adviser
By Libya Herald reporters. Trump security adviser ex CIA boss James Woolsey (Photo: social media) Tripoli, 12 November 2016: A ...
US ends Sirte air strikes: report
By Libya Herald reporter. Tunis, 4 November 2016: The US has ended it campaign of air strikes against the so-called ...
Misratan commander says US could have destroyed Sirte IS within hours had it wanted
By Libya Herald reporters. Footage of an air strikes on an IS tank in Sirte (Photo: US AFRICOM). Tripoli, 6 October ...
Drop in US airstrikes on Sirte
By Libya Herald reporters. Some of the devastation left by the fighting in Sirte (Photo: ICRC) Tripoli, 26 September 2016: ...
Indian academics held in Sirte freed; US air strikes against IS continue
By Libya Herald reporter. Freed IS captives (Photo: Misrata TV) Tripoli, 16 September 2016: Two Indian academics at the University of ...
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