Ceasefire announced after heavy overnight fighting in Tripoli
The Tripoli based Aldabaiba Ministry of Defence announced a ceasefire this morning after heavy fighting broke out overnight in Tripoli, ...
Tag: militia militias
Calm returns after overnight Tripoli clashes as major militia leader reportedly killed
Calm seems to have returned to Tripoli this morning after overnight clashes between various state-recognised militias and army forces from ...
Libyan militias intensified suppression of dissent, attacks on civil society. Thousands arbitrarily detained, arrested for exercise of human rights: Amnesty International report
Amnesty International’s Annual 2024 Report (pages 240-245), ‘‘The State of the World’s Human Rights’’, published on 23 April, says that ...
NOC declares force majeure at Zawia Refinery after militia clashes set fire to fuel storage tanks
Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared a state of force majeure and a state of emergency of the third ...
UNSMIL facilitates Libyan militia DDR discussion event
UNSMIL reported today that on 18 November, in a working group meeting, it brought together Libyan institutions, civil society organizations ...
Tripoli based government forms Supreme Committee for Security Arrangements, launches plan to organise security within Tripoli
Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba issued Decree No. 379 today stipulating the formation of the Supreme Committee ...
No intention to storm Central Bank by force and administrative crisis has nothing to do with security authorities: Acting Interior Minister Trabelsi
Acting Tripoli based Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi revealed during a press conference held in the Libyan capital on Friday the ...
UNSMIL calls for ceasefire in Zawia militia clashes
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said yesterday that it is closely monitoring the sporadic clashes in Zawia ...
Relative calm in Al-Jmail after militia clashes – Tripoli government silent
Relative calm has returned today to the Al-Jmail in northwestern Libya after local militias and civilians clashed Monday and Tuesday ...
Analysis: Tripoli government’s mass police congregation: Flexing muscles to powerful militias – realistic aims or just hot air?
The Tripoli based Ministry of Interior held its first ever congregation of thousands of members in a major display at ...
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