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) ...
Tag: Special Forces
Same Benghazi gunmen kill two special forces in drive-by shootings
By Maha Elawatti. Benghazi, 8 September 2013: Gunmen in the same grey Mitsubishi Lancer this morning shot dead two special ...
Retired soldier escapes Benghazi booby-trapped car
By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Ayman Amzein. Tripoli and Benghazi, 1 September 2013: A retired special forces sergeant escaped a booby trap ...
Benghazi JSR spokesperson continues to criticise Ministry of Interior
By Ahmed Elumami, Benghazi and Sami Zaptia, Tripoli. 7 August 2013: Speaking to Libya Herald, Benghazi’s Joint Security Room (JSR) ...
900 Special Forces to impose order in Benghazi
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 3 August 2013: Nine hundred members of the Libyan army's Special Forces took up their posts ...
We have a security plan – Zeidan
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that his government had a security plan in place (photo: Sami Zaptia). By Sami Zaptia. ...
SIx killed in attacks on army in Benghazi
Infantry Brigade vehicle set on fire by . . .masked gunmen (from Facebook) Benghazi, 15 June 2013: Six members of ...
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