Salame condemns repeated attacks on Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, reiterates call for a truce
By Sami Zaptia. London, 5 August 2019: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission ...
Tag: Haj
GNA promises to pay 50% of costs of Haj pilgrimage as names are drawn in lottery for successful applicants
By Hadi Fornaji. Faiez Serraj attending the Haj Welfare Committee's draw to select Haj applicants (Photo: PC) Tunis, 15 May ...
Haj lottery postponed for two weeks
By Hadi Fornaji, Tunis, 29 April 2017: The Libyan Haj authorities have postponed until 15 May the draw to choose ...
Over quarter million register for Haj draw in first four days
By Hadi Fornaji. The Grand Mosque in Mecca (Photo courtesy of Saudi Gazette) Tunis, 3 April 2017: More than a ...
Rivalry within Awqaf ministry creates confusion over 2017 Haj registration
By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 29 March 2017: A statement purporting to come from the ministry of religious endowments and ...
Applications for Haj season start
By Hadi Fornaji. The Grand Mosque in Mecca (Photo courtesy of Saudi Gazette) Tunis, 24 March 2017: The Presidency Council’s ...
First 2016 Haj pilgrims leave for Mecca
By Libya Herald reporter. The Grand Mosque in Mecca (Photo: Abdulaziz Ghazzawi/Saudi Gazette) Benghazi, 29 August 2016: The first plane ...
Haj lotteries across Libya bring joy and disappointment
By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 9 May 2016: Lotteries to decide who among the several hundred thousand Libyans who applied ...
Libyan Haj deaths in Mecca stampede now put at 11
By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 3 October 2015: The Libyan Haj Commission has now put the number of Libyan pilgrims ...
Libyan Mecca stampede dead rise to 6
By Libya Herald staff. Tunis, 28 September 2015: The number of Libyans now said to have been killed in last ...
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