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 ...
Tag: Zawia
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 ...
Mitiga airport closure to continue due to militia fighting
By Sami Zaptia. Mitiga airport is to remain closed due to the continued militia fighting Libya's Airports Authority said yesterday ...
UNSMIL publishes details of militia ceasefire agreement
By Sami Zaptia. Dusseldorf, 10 September 2018: UNSMIL, the United Nations Special Mission in Libya, published the details of the ...
UNSMIL holds meeting to consolidate last week’s Tripoli ceasefire
By Sami Zaptia. Dusseldorf, 9 September 2018: The United Nations Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) hosted a meeting today to ...
UN-brokered ceasefire holding in south Tripoli militia fighting
By Sami Zaptia. Frankfurt, 5 September 2018: The ceasefire brokered by UNSMIL in Zawia yesterday seems to be holding today ...
UN-brokered ceasefire agreed in south Tripoli militia fighting
By Sami Zaptia. UNSMIL brokered a ceasefire today between militias taking part in fighting in south Tripoli (Photo: UNSMIL). Frankfurt, ...
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