UN’s Derna overview: Officially, only 3,958 confirmed dead and 40,000 displaced
Ten days have passed since Storm Daniel battered the northeastern coastal areas of Libya (10 September), the UN Office for ...
Tag: search and rescue
Conflicting news over ending of Search and Rescue for survivors in Derna
There is conflicting news over the ending of Search and Rescue operations for survivors in Derna. Yesterday, eight days after ...
Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home
More than a week after the deadly Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya, the Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed today ...
Libya sends specialist personnel to Turkey to aid in earthquake search and rescue
Libya has sent specialist personnel to Turkey to aid in the post-earthquake search and rescue effort. The Tripoli government reported ...
Over 600 migrants rescued off Libya: one dead and many missing
By Sami Zaptia. Over 600 migrants rescued Monday-Tuesday off Libya's coast (Photo: MOAS). London, 22 November 2016: Over 600 migrants ...
Migrant deaths in Mediterranean hit new record in November, over 4600 dead in 2016
By Sami Zaptia. Migrants from the Mediterranean on board the MSF's search and rescue ship the Argos yesterday (Photo: MSF). ...
Coastguard Search and Rescue skills boosted by training
The Libyan Naval Coastguard . . .learnt how to use highly-advanced software to find vessels lost at sea (Photo: EUBAM ...
Italy joins search for missing Air Force helicopter
Tripoli, 20 February 2014: Italian aircraft yesterday joined in the search for evidence of an Air Force helicopter that went ...
Benghazi Air Force Search and Rescue head assassinated
By Ahmed Elumami. Benghazi, 19 July 2013: A second Air Force Search and Rescue head has been assassinated in the ...
Libyan navy joins in Maltese-Italian search and rescue exercise
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 21 June 2013: Libya naval units have taken part in a two-day search and rescue exercise ...
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