The Airports Authority announces resumption of flights at Mitiga Airport hours after suspension due to safety concerns after a rocket fell on the airport near Libya Wings office Monday night with no reports of casualties or damage.
1 year agoLibya- Tripoli Youth Movement (which claimed previous such attacks) claim the recent targeting of Mitiga Airport using 107mm rockets "10 minutes prior to landing of aircraft" with a release of a short video purportedly showing firing of rockets
Libya- despite ongoing ceasefire, Mitiga Airport in Tripoli reportedly shelled again during overnight, causing suspension of flights
1 year agoInteresting video taken this evening in Tripoli: you can see (probably) a USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B, departed from NAS Sigonella, in flight over Libya capital.
1 year agoLibya- EOD team of Tripoli's General Directorate for the Protection of Diplomatic Missions dismantle large IED that was attached to fuel tanks in the Souq al-Ahd area in Southern Tripoli
1 year agoLibya- photos showing LAF Mi-8 helicopter at Kufra Airport transporting the bodies and wounded from the clashes near al-Jaghbub
1 year agoLibya- at least 6 militiamen from Chad killed. 6 LNA fighters wounded in clashes near al-Jaghbub, close to the border with Egypt
1 year agoTunisia- TAF stopped vehicle that crossed over from Libya at Borj al-Khadra, at the tri-border area with Algeria. Aboard the vehicle were 2 AKs, a hunting rifle, ammo and 3 men without documents, who claimed they're camel herders from Sinawin (Libya)
1 year agoLibya- some interesting UXO/ERW from recent fighting in Tripoli handled by the Explosives and Explosives Management Department of the National Safety Authority
1 year agoMitiga Airport in Tripoli resumes flights
Tunisia and Libya in negotiations over the possibility of importing Libyan oil in exchange of receiving Tunisian products.
Libya: Al-Wefaq government announces new ceasefire in Tripoli
1 year agoInterior Ministry: Blocked roads in Tripoli have been reopened
1 year agoLibya- Assassination attempt of Dean of the Municipality of Derna (de facto mayor of the city) Abdel-Moneim al-Ghaithi thwarted, as IED placed near his room at the Pearl Hotel dismantled
1 year agoQuite morning in Tripoli after intense clashes last night at the airport road. Reports that Salah Badi Forces and the 7th brigade have been pushed back. A prisoners exchange also took place at Mitiga Airport + compensation deal between Tajoura and Rada Forces. Libya
Reports suggest Salah Badi has been defeated in Naqlyia camp after failing to mobilize support from Misrata. Naqlyia camp is under control of Tripoli's armed groups. If this is confirmed/sustained, then the ceasefire agreement with 7th brigade stands a chance. Libya
Libya's coast guard rescues 235 migrants off western coast
France demands sanctions against those involved in the political process in Libya
1 year agoLibya- al-Samood Brigades publish video purportedly showing arrival of reinforcements and supply from Misrata to support battles in Tripoli (column of 30 vehicles shown in the video)
After nearly a month of Tripoli militia fighting and 115 dead, UN Libya mission to recommend to UN Security Council war crimes prosecutions + sanctions against some leaders. Leaders not yet named.
1 year agoLibya- al-Samood Brigades claim that weapons, ammunition and fighters are transported from al-Watiyah Airbase to Mitiga Airport to support Tripoli militias, with approximately 4 daily helicopter flights
1 year agoAn Infograph that puts war in Tripoli into perspective: over the last 30 days 106 people died, 153 light injuries, 365 medium to serious injuries, 149 evacuated families, 264 rescued families and 80 missing persons.
1 year agoEU supports UN-backed Libya government (Tripoli) proposed security reforms, to replace militias with state forces. (Currently there are no sizeable government-controlled forces in Tripoli but govt. proposes creating them).
1 year ago9 dead and 18 injured toll of clashes Saturday in Tripoli
1 year agoFour rockets fell on Mitiga in Tripoli last night, one on the airport and three on the surrounding area causing damage to the people's properties
UNSMIL holds meeting for ceasefire committee, diplomats as violence rocks Tripoli
1 year agoLibya Situation in Tripoli: heavy clashes between Special Deterrence Force (SDF) and militias.
1 year agoAmbulance and emergency: recovered 9 dead and 13 wounded in clashes in Tripoli Libya
Indiscriminate civilian shelling continues as Tripoli militias continue to break ceasefire with impunity
Spokesman of Rescue and Emergency Service: "today's clashes in Southern area of Tripoli, 9 killed (2 civilians) and 13 wounded (4 civilians).
