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Filipino nurses flee Tripoli hospitals amid bombardment

May 2, 2019 admin DFA, elmer cato, fighting, filipino nurses, Headlines, hospitals, Latest News Stories, Libya, locsin, Nation, nurses, repatriation, tripoli

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:00:20 +0000

Filipino nurses have fled hospitals in Tripoli amid escalating fighting between rival militias for control of the Libyan capital. Elmer Cato, charge d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli, informed Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. by Twitter on Thursday that embassy officials tried to extricate several nurses but were unable to reach them due to […]

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Battles intensify around Libya capital as thousands displaced

April 13, 2019 admin khalifa haftar, Latest News Stories, Libya, libyan national army, news, tripoli, World

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 01:10:12 +0000

Battles intensify around Libya capital as thousands displaced

Forces answering to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar battled units that back Tripoli’s unity government on the edge of the capital Friday.

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UN chief appeals for ceasefire to avoid ‘bloody battle for Tripoli’

April 10, 2019 admin Antonio Guterres, Latest News Stories, Libya, news, tripoli, World

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 23:08:17 +0000

UN chief appeals for ceasefire to avoid 'bloody battle for Tripoli'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a ceasefire in Libya to prevent all-out fighting for control of Tripoli.

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UN says fighting for Libya’s capital displaces 2,800 people

April 8, 2019 admin international news, Latest News Stories, Libya, tripoli, violance, World

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:01:45 +0000

The UN humanitarian coordinator in Libya says 2,800 people have been displaced by fighting between rival militias over the capital, Tripoli.

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World powers demand halt to Libya advance

April 5, 2019 admin G7, khalifa haftar, Latest News Stories, Libya, libyan national army, tripoli, UN Security Council, United Nations, World

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:14:27 +0000

World powers demand halt to Libya advance

Libyan forces under Khalifa Haftar battled their way to the south of Tripoli on Friday, prompting the UN Security Council and the G7

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