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Tripoli Libyan government conducts drone strikes against criminal hideouts in western coast
The Ministry of Defence representing the Tripoli-based Libyan government led by Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba announced today that it had conducted ...
Tag: Zawia
Highest-level security meeting held over Zawia militia clashes
A meeting was held Tuesday, in the Presidential Council’s office, which included the Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, the ...
Deadly militia clashes in Zawia – another short term ceasefire reached but underlying causes persist
Violent militia clashes erupted over the Eid holidays in Zawia leading to at least four deaths and over a hundred ...
Civilian deaths and injuries in Zawia’s state-recognized militia clashes
Five people, including civilians and a young girl, died overnight and 13 others were injured in clashes between state-recognized militias ...
The 7th Libyan Medical Science Conference to be held in Zawia from 11 to 13 October 2022
The 7th Libyan Medical Science Conference will be held at the National Medical Research Centre in Zawia from 11 to ...
UN Security Council adds Libyan manager of Zawia migrant detention centre to sanctions list
By Sami Zaptia. UN Security Council (Photo: From UN archives) Tripoli, 27 October 2021: The UN Security Council announced Monday ...
Violent militia fighting erupted on Zawia-Maya coastal road brought to end today: Interior Ministry
By Sami Zaptia. Libya's Interior Ministry reported today that yesterday's militia clashes have been resolved and order has been restored ...
UNSMIL welcomes release of pro-Hafter prisoners of war – released as part of a national reconciliation initiative
By Sami Zaptia. Prisoners of Hafter's war on Tripoli were ceremoniously released in Zawia yesterday as part of a reconciliation ...
WHO supplies for east Libya attacked in Zawia by armed militias and diverted locally, other supplies stuck in Tripoli and Benghazi ports
By Sami Zaptia. WHO reports that vital medical supplies to combat Libya's exponentially spreading Coronavirus have been stolen by an ...
UNSMIL warns against resumption of south Tripoli militia fighting
By Sami Zaptia. London, 16 January 2019: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has today strongly condemned the ...
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