Africom conduct first anti Al-Qaeda (AQIM) air strikes in southern Libya
By Sami Zaptia. AFRICOM conducts anti-AQIM air strikes in Ubari, southern Libya (Africom). London, 28 March 2018: Mohamed El-Sallak, the ...
Tag: IS/ISIS/DAESH
Three suspected ISIS fighters killed by LNA-aligned forces near WAHA oilfield
By Libya Herald staff. LANA news agency reported three suspected ISIS fighters killed near a Waha oilfield (Photo: LANA). Tunis, ...
Would-be IS bomber hands himself in to Misratan forces
By Jamie Prentis, A would-be IS car bomber handed himself into Misratan forces (Photo: Social Media). Tunis, 11 January 2018: ...
Rada confirms detention of two IS militants following aborted Tripoli car bombings
By Jamie Prentis. A Tripoli bomb was defused by the Abusleem Deterrence and Rapid Intervention Force (Photo: Abusleem Deterrence and ...
HoR member Salah Suhbi condemns Boris Johnson Sirte ‘‘dead bodies’’ comment
By Sami Zaptia. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference that businesses could turn Sirte ...
Bringing the desert together: How to advance Sahel-Maghreb integration
By Libya Herald reporter. Sahel, Maghreb and Libya (ECFR). London, 24 July 2017: A policy paper by the European Council ...
Drugs, alcohol and pork are preferable to Rada or attacks on BDB: Mufti Ghariani
By Sami Zaptia. The grand mufti prefers drugs, alcohol or pork to Rada and the attacks on his supporters (Photo: ...
AFRICOM airstrikes against ISIS in Sirte reach 420 since 1st August
By Sami Zaptia. The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reported that it had conducted its 420th airstrike against ISIS in ...
Eight new US airstrikes yesterday against ISIS in Sirte – bring total to 169 since August
By Sami Zaptia. The US Africa Command (Africom) revealed today that it had conducted its 169th airstrike against ISIS in ...
Security plan for Tripoli over Eid holiday
By Sami Zaptia. The Serraj/GNA Ministry of Interior has announced a security plan for Tripoli over the Eid holiday period ...
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