The ''Tripoli Post'' was a newspaper that claims to have been founded in 1999 during

Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by '' The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spelli ...

's period of rule in Libya.

Creation

The ''Tripoli Post'' claims to have been founded in 1999.

Gaddafi period and 2011 Civil War

Sami Zaptia wrote for the ''Tripoli Post'' for a decade during the Gaddafi period. Many of his articles were not published. During the 2011

Libyan Civil War Demographics of Libya is the demography of Libya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, and religious affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. The ...

, Zaptia, frustrated with the lack of freedom at ''Tripoli Post'', quit the paper and helped found a new online newspaper, the ''

Libya Herald The ''Libya Herald'' ( ar, ليبيا هيرلد) is an English-language newspaper based in Tripoli, Libya, launched on 17 February 2012. Creation The ''Libya Herald'' was launched on 17 February 2012, the first anniversary of the outbreak of th ...

, aiming at quality journalism.

After the 2011 Civil War

The ''Tripoli Post'' continued publishing after the 2011 Civil War through to early 2016 during the

Second Libyan Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Second Libyan Civil War , partof = the Arab Winter, Libyan Crisis, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, War on terror, and Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict , image ...

References

External links

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