17 February Brigade deny involvement in kidnapping of Bukhamada’s son
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 3 February 2014: A statement released by Benghazi’s 17 February Brigade denying involvement in the ...
Tag: Saiqa
Militant cell busted and hit-list seized in Benghazi raid
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 25 January 2014: Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces captured four members of a militant Islamic cell in ...
Benghazi Saiqa reservist murdered after Friday prayers
By Ayman Amzein. Benghazi, 17 January 2014: A reserve member of the Saiqa special forces was murdered in Benghazi this ...
Two dead and one injured in separate assassination attempts in Benghazi
By Noora Ibrahim. Benghazi, 15 January 2014: A police officer and a member of the Saiqa Special Forces were killed ...
US citizens held in Benghazi released
By Noora Ibrahim. Benghazi, 3 January 2014: Two US citizens detained by Benghazi Special Forces at the city's university campus ...
Another marine murdered in Benghazi
By Noora Ibrahim. 28 November 2013: A member of the 1st Marines Battalion was murdered in Benghazi this morning. Mohamed ...
Three more Derna murders as security protest strike flops
By Seraj Essul. Abducted Iraqi lecturer Hamid Khalf on the posted video Tripoli, 27 November 2013: Derna has seen another ...
Disappointment at Zeidan meeting in Benghazi
By Ahmed Elumami. Zeidan in Benghazi yesterday. The body language of others was clear. (Photo: Prime Ministers website. Tripoli, 26 ...
Benghazi fighting subsides as Ansar Al-Sharia “disappears”
Benghazi/Tripoli. A Saiqa soldier in Benghazi this morning By Libya Herald staff. The death toll in fighting in Benghazi between ...
This is the birth of the new Libyan army – Zeidan
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 11 September 2013: Prime Minister Ali Zeidan paid tribute to the Libyan Army’s Special Forces (Saiqa) ...
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Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund signs ”strategic agreements” with ”several large” US Companies
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