Peace “breaking out” in western Libya
By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli, 14 June 2015: In the latest in a series of local peace deals in the ...
Tag: Zawia
Zawia radio station attacked and closed by Dialogue opponents
By Ajnadin Mustafa. Tripoli, 6 June 2015: Zawia local radio station is reported to have been stormed early this afternoon and ...
Gunmen kill Zawia student at university: report
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 10 May 2015: A student at Zawia university who father is a prominent local opponent ...
Zawia and Zintan in prisoner swop
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 9 May 2015. There has been another prisoner swap between the groups fighting to the west ...
Wirshefana denies any truce with Zawia and Janzour
By Saber Ayyub. Wirshefana's Mohamed Tantoush says no truce agreed (Photo: social media) Tripoli, 28 April 2015: The chief of ...
Four hundred migrants feared dead while thousands more plucked from the Med
By Hadi Fornaji. A typical overcrowded migrant vessel (Photo: Italian Coastguard) Tripoli, 14 April 2015: At least 400 migrants may ...
Bani Walid without petrol ten days and counting
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 14 April 2015: Bani Walid residents are in . . .the throes ...
Zawians ordered to defend the town
By Saber Ayyub. Tripoli, 31 March 2015: As the Libyan National Army moves closer, militiamen belonging to the Zawia branch ...
Zawia closes university and schools following rocket attacks
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 31 March 2015: Zawia Municipal Council has closed the University of Zawia and local schools ...
Divided Zawia hit by rockets this evening
By Saber Ayyub Tripoli, 29 March 2015: Two rockets tonight smashed into Zawia causing injuring three people and setting the ...
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BREAKING: Eni announces new offshore gas discoveries in Libya of more than 1 trillion cubic feet – gas to supply Libyan domestic market and for export to Italy
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Emergency bad weather holiday announced today in Greater Tripoli as western Libya was hit by a passing storm of strong winds and heavy rain – many roads flooded, drivers stranded
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PM Aldabaiba reopens Tripoli Zoo after a 17-year closure: a symbolic turnaround for the Zoo – from a militia military base back to a leading recreation destination
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Production at the Sharara field continues despite pipeline fire – production diverted via other pipelines: NOC
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LPTIC Chairman tours Tripoli International Airport – emphasises need to accelerate pace of completion of telecoms work
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