Another Russian tanker seized
By Libya Herald reporters. The Russian-owned tanker Temeteron (Photo: MarineTraffic.com) Tripoli, 30 June 2016: A Russian-owned tanker has been seized ...
Tag: Zawia
Zawia power station second unit back working, Sirte’s Gulf station will join it soon
By Sami Zaptia. GECOL logo (Photo: GECOL) London, 23 June 2016: The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) yesterday announced ...
Zawia Red Crescent suspends migrant rescue operations as UN runs workshop on saving lives; Italian navy saves 5,000 in two days
By Ajnadin Mustafa. Tripoli 25 May 2016: The Red Crescent office in Zawia, west of Tripoli, says that it is ...
Sabratha people traffickers tipped off coastguard: report
By Ajnadin Mustafa. A packed and unseaworthy migrant boat last year (File photo) Tripoli, 22 May 2016: The Libyan Coastguard ...
Puzzling UN delisting of tanker Distya Ameya as it heads back to Libya
By Libya Herald reporters. The Indian tanker Distya Ameya (Photo: social media) Tripoli, 12 May 2016: In an odd development, ...
Beida NOC’s crude oil export attempt ends up in Zawia
By Libya Herald reporters. The Indian tanker Distya Ameya (Photo: Social media) Tripoli, 30 April 2016: The Thinni government’s attempt ...
UNSMIL demands impartial probe of Zawia migrant shootings
By Libya Herald reporters. UNSMIL's deputy head Ali Al-Za’tari (Photo: UN) Tunis, 6 April 2016: UNSMIL has demanded an independent ...
More deaths as Zawia Wirshefana fighting continues
By Saber Ayyub. The Indian nurse and her son killed today by shellfire (Photo: social media) Tripoli, 26 March 2016: ...
Wirshefana close Zawia back road to Tripoli after 11 die in fighting west of capital; Zawia clashes continue
By Ajnadin Mustafa. Tripoli, 24 March 2016: Wirshefana forces are reported to have closed the circuitous back road via Bir ...
Clashes continue in Zawia
By Ajnadin Mustafa. Tripoli, 23 March 2016: Fighting in Zawia between the Ahneish and Khadrawi families and their supporters continued ...
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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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